#DDE253#DDE253

#DDE253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.162 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE253
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -19.27, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 69.50, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0587 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.162 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5782, 70.3908, 18.6830)
Luminance	0.7039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE253 #5853E2

analogous

#E29F53 #DDE253 #95E253

triadic

#DDE253 #53DDE2 #E253DD

tetradic

#DDE253 #53E29F #5853E2 #E25395

square

#DDE253 #53E29F #5853E2 #E25395

split-complementary

#DDE253 #5395E2 #9F53E2

monochromatic

#9BA01B #CED424 #DDE253 #E7EB87 #F2F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DDE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE253

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE253	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.162 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8a',
    500: '#dde253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde253;
$custom-light: #ebea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.098,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88291,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE253

secondary

#3A37A3

accent

#12D319

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE253

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

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