#DDE359#DDE359

#DDE359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.159 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE359
RGB	rgb(221, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.50, -19.38, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.50, 67.51, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0584 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.159 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0927, 71.0329, 20.0471)
Luminance	0.7103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE359 #5F59E3

analogous

#E3A459 #DDE359 #98E359

triadic

#DDE359 #59DDE3 #E359DD

tetradic

#DDE359 #59E3A4 #5F59E3 #E35998

square

#DDE359 #59E3A4 #5F59E3 #E35998

split-complementary

#DDE359 #5998E3 #A459E3

monochromatic

#A0A61C #D2DA25 #DDE359 #E8EC8D #F2F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#DDE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE359

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE359	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.159 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeb8e',
    500: '#dde359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde359;
$custom-light: #eaeb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88556,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE359

secondary

#3D38A8

accent

#12D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE359

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

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