#DDE162#DDE162

#DDE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.149 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE162
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -17.77, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 62.91, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0529 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.149 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9501, 70.1058, 21.9793)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE162 #6662E1

analogous

#E1A562 #DDE162 #9DE162

triadic

#DDE162 #62DDE1 #E162DD

tetradic

#DDE162 #62E1A5 #6662E1 #E1629D

square

#DDE162 #62E1A5 #6662E1 #E1629D

split-complementary

#DDE162 #629DE1 #A562E1

monochromatic

#A4A820 #D2D72F #DDE162 #E8EB95 #F3F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#DDE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE162

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE162	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)

#F1D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.149 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea93',
    500: '#dde162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde162;
$custom-light: #eaea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8822,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE162

secondary

#403DAB

accent

#16D01C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE162

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

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