#DDE159#DDE159

#DDE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.157 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE159
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.97, -18.40, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.97, 66.69, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0556 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.157 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5488, 69.9453, 19.8658)
Luminance	0.6994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE159 #5D59E1

analogous

#E1A159 #DDE159 #99E159

triadic

#DDE159 #59DDE1 #E159DD

tetradic

#DDE159 #59E1A1 #5D59E1 #E15999

square

#DDE159 #59E1A1 #5D59E1 #E15999

split-complementary

#DDE159 #5999E1 #A159E1

monochromatic

#9EA21D #D1D627 #DDE159 #E8EA8D #F2F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DDE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE159

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE159	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.157 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8d',
    500: '#dde159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde159;
$custom-light: #eaea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88132,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE159

secondary

#3C39A5

accent

#14D11A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE159

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

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