#DDE455#DDE455

#DDE455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.163 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE455
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -20.12, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 69.53, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0609 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.163 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.2035, 71.5162, 19.2779)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE455 #5C55E4

analogous

#E4A455 #DDE455 #96E455

triadic

#DDE455 #55DDE4 #E455DD

tetradic

#DDE455 #55E4A4 #5C55E4 #E45596

square

#DDE455 #55E4A4 #5C55E4 #E45596

split-complementary

#DDE455 #5596E4 #A455E4

monochromatic

#9EA41A #D0D923 #DDE455 #E8EC8A #F2F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#DDE455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE455

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE455	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.163 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8b',
    500: '#dde455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde455;
$custom-light: #ebec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.937,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88733,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE455

secondary

#3C36A7

accent

#11D51A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE455

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

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