#DDE15E#DDE15E

#DDE15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.153 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE15E
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, -18.06, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 64.61, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0542 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.153 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7660, 70.0321, 21.0094)
Luminance	0.7003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE15E #625EE1

analogous

#E1A35E #DDE15E #9CE15E

triadic

#DDE15E #5EDDE1 #E15EDD

tetradic

#DDE15E #5EE1A3 #625EE1 #E15E9C

square

#DDE15E #5EE1A3 #625EE1 #E15E9C

split-complementary

#DDE15E #5E9CE1 #A35EE1

monochromatic

#A2A61F #D2D72A #DDE15E #E8EB92 #F3F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#DDE15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE15E

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE15E	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.153 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea90',
    500: '#dde15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde15e;
$custom-light: #eaea90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8818,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE15E

secondary

#3E3BA8

accent

#15D11B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE15E

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

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