#DDE342#DDE342

#DDE342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.174 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE342
RGB	rgb(221, 227, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -20.67, 73.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 76.09, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0643 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.174 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2731, 70.7051, 15.7310)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE342 #4842E3

analogous

#E39942 #DDE342 #8DE342

triadic

#DDE342 #42DDE3 #E342DD

tetradic

#DDE342 #42E399 #4842E3 #E3428D

square

#DDE342 #42E399 #4842E3 #E3428D

split-complementary

#DDE342 #428DE3 #9942E3

monochromatic

#909516 #C3CA1E #DDE342 #E7EB77 #F0F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDE342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#DDE342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE342

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE342	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)

#F4D924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 227, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.174 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebeb81',
    500: '#dde342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde342;
$custom-light: #ebeb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.236,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88378,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE342

secondary

#343099

accent

#37F13E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE342

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

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