#DDE45C#DDE45C

#DDE45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.157 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE45C
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -19.67, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 66.70, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0589 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.157 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.4955, 71.6330, 20.8156)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE45C #635CE4

analogous

#E4A75C #DDE45C #99E45C

triadic

#DDE45C #5CDDE4 #E45CDD

tetradic

#DDE45C #5CE4A7 #635CE4 #E45C99

square

#DDE45C #5CE4A7 #635CE4 #E45C99

split-complementary

#DDE45C #5C99E4 #A75CE4

monochromatic

#A2AA1C #D2DB27 #DDE45C #E8ED91 #F3F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#DDE45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE45C

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE45C	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.157 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec8f',
    500: '#dde45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde45c;
$custom-light: #eaec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88796,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE45C

secondary

#3F39AB

accent

#12D41C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE45C

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

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