#DDE261#DDE261

#DDE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.151 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE261
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.30, -18.34, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.30, 63.76, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0546 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.151 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1743, 70.6293, 21.8226)
Luminance	0.7063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE261 #6661E2

analogous

#E2A761 #DDE261 #9CE261

triadic

#DDE261 #61DDE2 #E261DD

tetradic

#DDE261 #61E2A7 #6661E2 #E2619C

square

#DDE261 #61E2A7 #6661E2 #E2619C

split-complementary

#DDE261 #619CE2 #A761E2

monochromatic

#A4A91F #D2D92D #DDE261 #E8EB95 #F3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#DDE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE261

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE261	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.151 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaea92',
    500: '#dde261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde261;
$custom-light: #eaea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.326,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88421,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE261

secondary

#403CAB

accent

#15D11C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE261

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

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