#DDE35B#DDE35B

#DDE35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.157 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE35B
RGB	rgb(221, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 59.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -19.25, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 66.70, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0578 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.157 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1778, 71.0670, 20.4954)
Luminance	0.7107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE35B #615BE3

analogous

#E3A55B #DDE35B #99E35B

triadic

#DDE35B #5BDDE3 #E35BDD

tetradic

#DDE35B #5BE3A5 #615BE3 #E35B99

square

#DDE35B #5BE3A5 #615BE3 #E35B99

split-complementary

#DDE35B #5B99E3 #A55BE3

monochromatic

#A1A71D #D2DA27 #DDE35B #E8EC8F #F3F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#DDE35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE35B

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE35B	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)

#F3D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.157 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaeb8f',
    500: '#dde35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde35b;
$custom-light: #eaeb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88575,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE35B

secondary

#3E39A9

accent

#13D31B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE35B

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

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