#DDE356#DDE356

#DDE356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.161 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE356
RGB	rgb(221, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -19.57, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 68.72, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.0592 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.161 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9693, 70.9836, 19.3971)
Luminance	0.7098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE356 #5C56E3

analogous

#E3A356 #DDE356 #97E356

triadic

#DDE356 #56DDE3 #E356DD

tetradic

#DDE356 #56E3A3 #5C56E3 #E35697

square

#DDE356 #56E3A3 #5C56E3 #E35697

split-complementary

#DDE356 #5697E3 #A356E3

monochromatic

#9EA41B #D0D824 #DDE356 #E8EC8B #F2F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#DDE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE356

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE356	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.161 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebeb8c',
    500: '#dde356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde356;
$custom-light: #ebeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88529,
    "c": 0.16105,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE356

secondary

#3C37A6

accent

#12D41A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE356

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

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