#DDE457#DDE457

#DDE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.161 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE457
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -20.00, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 68.73, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0603 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.161 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.2841, 71.5484, 19.7022)
Luminance	0.7155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE457 #5E57E4

analogous

#E4A557 #DDE457 #97E457

triadic

#DDE457 #57DDE4 #E457DD

tetradic

#DDE457 #57E4A5 #5E57E4 #E45797

square

#DDE457 #57E4A5 #5E57E4 #E45797

split-complementary

#DDE457 #5797E4 #A557E4

monochromatic

#9FA61B #D2DB23 #DDE457 #E8EC8C #F2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#DDE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE457

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE457	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)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.161 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebec8c',
    500: '#dde457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde457;
$custom-light: #ebec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88751,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE457

secondary

#3D37A8

accent

#11D41B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE457

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

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