#DDE45B#DDE45B

#DDE45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.158 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE45B
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -19.73, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 67.11, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0592 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.158 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.4521, 71.6156, 20.5869)
Luminance	0.7161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE45B #625BE4

analogous

#E4A75B #DDE45B #98E45B

triadic

#DDE45B #5BDDE4 #E45BDD

tetradic

#DDE45B #5BE4A7 #625BE4 #E45B98

square

#DDE45B #5BE4A7 #625BE4 #E45B98

split-complementary

#DDE45B #5B98E4 #A75BE4

monochromatic

#A2A91C #D2DB26 #DDE45B #E8ED90 #F3F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#DDE45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE45B

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE45B	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)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.158 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8f',
    500: '#dde45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde45b;
$custom-light: #eaec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88787,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE45B

secondary

#3E39AB

accent

#12D41C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE45B

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

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