#DDE459#DDE459

#DDE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.160 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE459
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -19.87, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 67.93, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0598 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.16 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.3670, 71.5815, 20.1385)
Luminance	0.7158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE459 #6059E4

analogous

#E4A659 #DDE459 #97E459

triadic

#DDE459 #59DDE4 #E459DD

tetradic

#DDE459 #59E4A6 #6059E4 #E45997

square

#DDE459 #59E4A6 #6059E4 #E45997

split-complementary

#DDE459 #5997E4 #A659E4

monochromatic

#A0A71B #D2DB24 #DDE459 #E8ED8E #F3F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#DDE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE459

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE459	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.160 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8e',
    500: '#dde459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde459;
$custom-light: #eaec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88769,
    "c": 0.15982,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.7158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE459

secondary

#3E38A9

accent

#11D41B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE459

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

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