#DDE257#DDE257

#DDE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.159 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE257
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -19.02, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 67.91, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0576 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.159 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7371, 70.4544, 19.5199)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE257 #5C57E2

analogous

#E2A257 #DDE257 #98E257

triadic

#DDE257 #57DDE2 #E257DD

tetradic

#DDE257 #57E2A2 #5C57E2 #E25798

square

#DDE257 #57E2A2 #5C57E2 #E25798

split-complementary

#DDE257 #5798E2 #A257E2

monochromatic

#9EA31C #D0D725 #DDE257 #E8EB8B #F2F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DDE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE257

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE257	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.159 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8c',
    500: '#dde257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde257;
$custom-light: #ebea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88326,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE257

secondary

#3C38A5

accent

#13D31A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE257

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

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