#DDE449#DDE449

#DDE449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.171 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE449
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -20.81, 71.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 74.05, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.064 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.171 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.7666, 71.3414, 16.9766)
Luminance	0.7134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE449 #5049E4

analogous

#E49E49 #DDE449 #90E449

triadic

#DDE449 #49DDE4 #E449DD

tetradic

#DDE449 #49E49E #5049E4 #E44990

square

#DDE449 #49E49E #5049E4 #E44990

split-complementary

#DDE449 #4990E4 #9E49E4

monochromatic

#969C17 #C9D11F #DDE449 #E7EC7E #F1F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDE449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#DDE449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE449

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE449	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.171 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec85',
    500: '#dde449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde449;
$custom-light: #ebec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.71,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88638,
    "c": 0.17116,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.7134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE449

secondary

#37329F

accent

#37F13F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE449

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

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