#DDE259#DDE259

#DDE259 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 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE259
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, -18.89, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 67.10, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.057 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.158 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8200, 70.4875, 19.9562)
Luminance	0.7049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE259 #5E59E2

analogous

#E2A359 #DDE259 #99E259

triadic

#DDE259 #59DDE2 #E259DD

tetradic

#DDE259 #59E2A3 #5E59E2 #E25999

square

#DDE259 #59E2A3 #5E59E2 #E25999

split-complementary

#DDE259 #5999E2 #A359E2

monochromatic

#9FA41D #D2D826 #DDE259 #E8EB8D #F2F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#DDE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE259

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE259	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.158 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea8e',
    500: '#dde259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde259;
$custom-light: #eaea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88344,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE259

secondary

#3D39A6

accent

#13D21A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE259

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

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