#DDE456#DDE456

#DDE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.162 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE456
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -20.06, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 69.13, 106.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0606 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.162 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.2436, 71.5322, 19.4886)
Luminance	0.7153 (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

#DDE456 #5D56E4

analogous

#E4A456 #DDE456 #96E456

triadic

#DDE456 #56DDE4 #E456DD

tetradic

#DDE456 #56E4A4 #5D56E4 #E45696

square

#DDE456 #56E4A4 #5D56E4 #E45696

split-complementary

#DDE456 #5696E4 #A456E4

monochromatic

#9EA51A #D1DA23 #DDE456 #E8EC8B #F2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#DDE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE456

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE456	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.162 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8c',
    500: '#dde456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde456;
$custom-light: #ebec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.958,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88742,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE456

secondary

#3C37A7

accent

#11D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE456

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

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