#DDE237#DDE237

#DDE237 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.179 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDE237
RGBrgb(221, 226, 55)
HSLhsl(62, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(62, 76%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(2.2%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(87.02, -20.66, 76.45)
CIE-LCHlch(87.02, 79.19, 105.12°)
OKLaboklab(88.1% -0.0651 0.1671)
OKLCHoklch(88.1% 0.179 111.3)
XYZxyz(57.7068, 70.0422, 14.0934)
Luminance0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDE237 #3C37E2
analogous
#E29137 #DDE237 #88E237
triadic
#DDE237 #37DDE2 #E237DD
tetradic
#DDE237 #37E291 #3C37E2 #E23788
square
#DDE237 #37E291 #3C37E2 #E23788
split-complementary
#DDE237 #3788E2 #9137E2
monochromatic
#878B14 #BBC01C #DDE237 #E6EA6C #EFF2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40
#DDE237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01
#DDE237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE237
15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDE237#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDE2371.001.4015.0115.01
#FFFFFF1.401.0021.0021.00
#00000015.0121.001.001.00
##00000015.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4D803
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DC46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ECD4C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dde237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.179 111.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecea7c',
    500: '#dde237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dde237;
$custom-light: #ecea7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dde237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.754,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.881,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDE237
secondary
#302D90
accent
#37F13C
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFDF2
border
#D6D5CC
text
#17160A
muted
#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE237

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

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#DDE237 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva