#DDE45D#DDE45D

#DDE45D 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	#DDE45D
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 93)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -19.60, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 66.29, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0586 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.157 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.5395, 71.6506, 21.0473)
Luminance	0.7165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE45D #645DE4

analogous

#E4A75D #DDE45D #99E45D

triadic

#DDE45D #5DDDE4 #E45DDD

tetradic

#DDE45D #5DE4A7 #645DE4 #E45D99

square

#DDE45D #5DE4A7 #645DE4 #E45D99

split-complementary

#DDE45D #5D99E4 #A75DE4

monochromatic

#A3AA1C #D2DB29 #DDE45D #E8ED91 #F3F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#DDE45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE45D

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE45D	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)

#F4DA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.157 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec90',
    500: '#dde45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde45d;
$custom-light: #eaec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88806,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE45D

secondary

#3F39AC

accent

#12D31C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE45D

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

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