#DDE251#DDE251

#DDE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.164 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE251
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -19.39, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 70.28, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0592 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.164 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5021, 70.3604, 18.2822)
Luminance	0.7036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE251 #5651E2

analogous

#E29E51 #DDE251 #94E251

triadic

#DDE251 #51DDE2 #E251DD

tetradic

#DDE251 #51E29E #5651E2 #E25194

square

#DDE251 #51E29E #5651E2 #E25194

split-complementary

#DDE251 #5194E2 #9E51E2

monochromatic

#9A9E1A #CDD323 #DDE251 #E7EB85 #F2F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#DDE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE251

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE251	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.164 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea89',
    500: '#dde251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde251;
$custom-light: #ebea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88274,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE251

secondary

#3A36A1

accent

#12D319

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE251

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

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