#DDE357#DDE357

#DDE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.160 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE357
RGB	rgb(221, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -19.51, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 68.32, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.059 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.16 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0098, 70.9998, 19.6108)
Luminance	0.7100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE357 #5D57E3

analogous

#E3A357 #DDE357 #97E357

triadic

#DDE357 #57DDE3 #E357DD

tetradic

#DDE357 #57E3A3 #5D57E3 #E35797

square

#DDE357 #57E3A3 #5D57E3 #E35797

split-complementary

#DDE357 #5797E3 #A357E3

monochromatic

#9EA41B #D1D924 #DDE357 #E8EC8B #F2F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#DDE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE357

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE357	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)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.160 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebeb8c',
    500: '#dde357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde357;
$custom-light: #ebeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88538,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE357

secondary

#3C38A7

accent

#12D31A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE357

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

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