#DDE240#DDE240

#DDE240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.175 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE240
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -20.28, 73.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 76.38, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0633 0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.175 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9425, 70.1365, 15.3349)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE240 #4540E2

analogous

#E29640 #DDE240 #8CE240

triadic

#DDE240 #40DDE2 #E240DD

tetradic

#DDE240 #40E296 #4540E2 #E2408C

square

#DDE240 #40E296 #4540E2 #E2408C

split-complementary

#DDE240 #408CE2 #9640E2

monochromatic

#8E9216 #C1C71E #DDE240 #E6EA75 #F0F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DDE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE240

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE240	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)

#F3D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.175 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea80',
    500: '#dde240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde240;
$custom-light: #ebea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.852,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88152,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE240

secondary

#333096

accent

#38F03D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE240

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

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