#DDE355#DDE355

#DDE355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.162 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE355
RGB	rgb(221, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -19.64, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 69.12, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0595 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.162 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9292, 70.9676, 19.1864)
Luminance	0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE355 #5B55E3

analogous

#E3A255 #DDE355 #96E355

triadic

#DDE355 #55DDE3 #E355DD

tetradic

#DDE355 #55E3A2 #5B55E3 #E35596

square

#DDE355 #55E3A2 #5B55E3 #E35596

split-complementary

#DDE355 #5596E3 #A255E3

monochromatic

#9DA31B #D0D723 #DDE355 #E8EC8A #F2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DDE355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE355

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE355	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.162 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebeb8b',
    500: '#dde355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde355;
$custom-light: #ebeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88521,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE355

secondary

#3B37A5

accent

#12D41A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE355

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

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