#DDE161#DDE161

#DDE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.150 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE161
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -17.85, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 63.34, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0532 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.15 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9032, 70.0870, 21.7322)
Luminance	0.7009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE161 #6561E1

analogous

#E1A561 #DDE161 #9DE161

triadic

#DDE161 #61DDE1 #E161DD

tetradic

#DDE161 #61E1A5 #6561E1 #E1619D

square

#DDE161 #61E1A5 #6561E1 #E1619D

split-complementary

#DDE161 #619DE1 #A561E1

monochromatic

#A4A820 #D2D72E #DDE161 #E8EB94 #F3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DDE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE161

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE161	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.150 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea92',
    500: '#dde161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde161;
$custom-light: #eaea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8821,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE161

secondary

#403CAA

accent

#15D01B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE161

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

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