#DDE165#DDE165

#DDE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.147 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE165
RGB	rgb(221, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -17.55, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 61.61, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.052 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.147 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0944, 70.1635, 22.7393)
Luminance	0.7016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE165 #6965E1

analogous

#E1A765 #DDE165 #9FE165

triadic

#DDE165 #65DDE1 #E165DD

tetradic

#DDE165 #65E1A7 #6965E1 #E1659F

square

#DDE165 #65E1A7 #6965E1 #E1659F

split-complementary

#DDE165 #659FE1 #A765E1

monochromatic

#A6AA21 #D2D732 #DDE165 #E8EB98 #F4F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DDE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE165

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE165	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.147 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea95',
    500: '#dde165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde165;
$custom-light: #eaea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88252,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE165

secondary

#413EAC

accent

#16CF1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE165

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

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