#DDE258#DDE258

#DDE258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.158 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE258
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 88)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 61.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -18.96, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 67.51, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0573 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.158 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7783, 70.4708, 19.7366)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE258 #5D58E2

analogous

#E2A258 #DDE258 #98E258

triadic

#DDE258 #58DDE2 #E258DD

tetradic

#DDE258 #58E2A2 #5D58E2 #E25898

square

#DDE258 #58E2A2 #5D58E2 #E25898

split-complementary

#DDE258 #5898E2 #A258E2

monochromatic

#9EA31C #D1D725 #DDE258 #E8EB8C #F2F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#DDE258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE258

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE258	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)

#F2D947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.158 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebea8d',
    500: '#dde258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde258;
$custom-light: #ebea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88335,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE258

secondary

#3C38A6

accent

#13D21A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE258

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

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