#DDE551#DDE551

#DDE551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.167 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE551
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -20.85, 68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 71.48, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0633 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.167 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3250, 72.0062, 18.5565)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE551 #5951E5

analogous

#E5A351 #DDE551 #93E551

triadic

#DDE551 #51DDE5 #E551DD

tetradic

#DDE551 #51E5A3 #5951E5 #E55193

square

#DDE551 #51E5A3 #5951E5 #E55193

split-complementary

#DDE551 #5193E5 #A351E5

monochromatic

#9CA318 #CFD820 #DDE551 #E7ED86 #F2F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#DDE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE551

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE551	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.167 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed89',
    500: '#dde551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde551;
$custom-light: #ebed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88913,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE551

secondary

#3B35A6

accent

#0FD61A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE551

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

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