#DDE255#DDE255

#DDE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.161 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE255
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -19.15, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 68.71, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0581 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.161 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6565, 70.4222, 19.0955)
Luminance	0.7042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE255 #5A55E2

analogous

#E2A055 #DDE255 #96E255

triadic

#DDE255 #55DDE2 #E255DD

tetradic

#DDE255 #55E2A0 #5A55E2 #E25596

square

#DDE255 #55E2A0 #5A55E2 #E25596

split-complementary

#DDE255 #5596E2 #A055E2

monochromatic

#9CA11B #CFD524 #DDE255 #E7EB89 #F2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#DDE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE255

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE255	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)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.161 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8b',
    500: '#dde255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde255;
$custom-light: #ebea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88308,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE255

secondary

#3B37A4

accent

#13D319

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE255

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

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