#DDE156#DDE156

#DDE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE156
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -18.60, 65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 67.91, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0565 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4254, 69.8959, 19.2158)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE156 #5A56E1

analogous

#E19F56 #DDE156 #97E156

triadic

#DDE156 #56DDE1 #E156DD

tetradic

#DDE156 #56E19F #5A56E1 #E15697

square

#DDE156 #56E19F #5A56E1 #E15697

split-complementary

#DDE156 #5697E1 #9F56E1

monochromatic

#9CA01C #CFD426 #DDE156 #E7EA8A #F2F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#DDE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE156

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE156	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8c',
    500: '#dde156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde156;
$custom-light: #ebea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88105,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE156

secondary

#3B38A3

accent

#14D219

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE156

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

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