#DDE249#DDE249

#DDE249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.169 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE249
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -19.84, 70.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 73.27, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0613 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.169 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2196, 70.2474, 16.7943)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE249 #4E49E2

analogous

#E29A49 #DDE249 #90E249

triadic

#DDE249 #49DDE2 #E249DD

tetradic

#DDE249 #49E29A #4E49E2 #E24990

square

#DDE249 #49E29A #4E49E2 #E24990

split-complementary

#DDE249 #4990E2 #9A49E2

monochromatic

#949818 #C7CD21 #DDE249 #E7EA7E #F1F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DDE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE249

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE249	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.169 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea84',
    500: '#dde249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde249;
$custom-light: #ebea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.961,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88213,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE249

secondary

#36339C

accent

#39EF3F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE249

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

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