#DDE461#DDE461

#DDE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.153 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE461
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -19.31, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 64.61, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0574 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.153 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.7213, 71.7233, 22.0049)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE461 #6861E4

analogous

#E4A961 #DDE461 #9BE461

triadic

#DDE461 #61DDE4 #E461DD

tetradic

#DDE461 #61E4A9 #6861E4 #E4619B

square

#DDE461 #61E4A9 #6861E4 #E4619B

split-complementary

#DDE461 #619BE4 #A961E4

monochromatic

#A5AD1E #D2DB2D #DDE461 #E8ED95 #F3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#DDE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE461

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE461	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.153 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec92',
    500: '#dde461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde461;
$custom-light: #eaec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88845,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE461

secondary

#413BAE

accent

#13D31D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE461

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

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