#DDE265#DDE265

#DDE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.148 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE265
RGB	rgb(221, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -18.04, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 62.04, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0534 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.148 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.3656, 70.7058, 22.8297)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE265 #6A65E2

analogous

#E2A965 #DDE265 #9FE265

triadic

#DDE265 #65DDE2 #E265DD

tetradic

#DDE265 #65E2A9 #6A65E2 #E2659F

square

#DDE265 #65E2A9 #6A65E2 #E2659F

split-complementary

#DDE265 #659FE2 #A965E2

monochromatic

#A7AC20 #D2D831 #DDE265 #E8EC99 #F4F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#DDE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE265

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE265	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeb95',
    500: '#dde265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde265;
$custom-light: #eaeb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88463,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE265

secondary

#423DAE

accent

#15D01D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE265

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

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