#DDE142#DDE142

#DDE142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.172 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE142
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -19.70, 72.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 75.34, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0615 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.172 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7293, 69.6175, 15.5497)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE142 #4642E1

analogous

#E19542 #DDE142 #8EE142

triadic

#DDE142 #42DDE1 #E142DD

tetradic

#DDE142 #42E195 #4642E1 #E1428E

square

#DDE142 #42E195 #4642E1 #E1428E

split-complementary

#DDE142 #428EE1 #9542E1

monochromatic

#8E9217 #C2C61F #DDE142 #E7E977 #F0F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DDE142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE142

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE142	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.172 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea81',
    500: '#dde142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde142;
$custom-light: #ebea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87952,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE142

secondary

#343196

accent

#38EF3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE142

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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