#DDE462#DDE462

#DDE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.153 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE462
RGB	rgb(221, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -19.24, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 64.19, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0571 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.153 112)
XYZ	xyz(59.7683, 71.7421, 22.2520)
Luminance	0.7174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE462 #6962E4

analogous

#E4AA62 #DDE462 #9CE462

triadic

#DDE462 #62DDE4 #E462DD

tetradic

#DDE462 #62E4AA #6962E4 #E4629C

square

#DDE462 #62E4AA #6962E4 #E4629C

split-complementary

#DDE462 #629CE4 #AA62E4

monochromatic

#A6AE1E #D2DB2E #DDE462 #E8ED96 #F4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#DDE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE462

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE462	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.153 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaec93',
    500: '#dde462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde462;
$custom-light: #eaec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88855,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.71741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE462

secondary

#413BAF

accent

#13D31D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE462

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

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