#DDE45A#DDE45A

#DDE45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.159 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE45A
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -19.80, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 67.52, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0595 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.159 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.4092, 71.5984, 20.3612)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE45A #615AE4

analogous

#E4A65A #DDE45A #98E45A

triadic

#DDE45A #5ADDE4 #E45ADD

tetradic

#DDE45A #5AE4A6 #615AE4 #E45A98

square

#DDE45A #5AE4A6 #615AE4 #E45A98

split-complementary

#DDE45A #5A98E4 #A65AE4

monochromatic

#A1A81C #D2DB25 #DDE45A #E8ED8F #F3F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#DDE45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE45A

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE45A	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)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.159 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8e',
    500: '#dde45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde45a;
$custom-light: #eaec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88778,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE45A

secondary

#3E38AA

accent

#12D41B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE45A

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

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