#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
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -20.66, 76.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 79.19, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.1% -0.0651 0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(88.1% 0.179 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7068, 70.0422, 14.0934)
Luminance	0.7004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##DDE237	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)

#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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