#DDE451#DDE451

#DDE451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.166 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE451
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -20.37, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 71.08, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.062 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.166 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.0491, 71.4544, 18.4645)
Luminance	0.7145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE451 #5851E4

analogous

#E4A151 #DDE451 #93E451

triadic

#DDE451 #51DDE4 #E451DD

tetradic

#DDE451 #51E4A1 #5851E4 #E45193

square

#DDE451 #51E4A1 #5851E4 #E45193

split-complementary

#DDE451 #5193E4 #A151E4

monochromatic

#9BA219 #CED721 #DDE451 #E7EC86 #F2F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#DDE451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE451

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE451	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.166 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec89',
    500: '#dde451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde451;
$custom-light: #ebec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.887,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE451

secondary

#3A35A4

accent

#10D51A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE451

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

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