#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
RGBrgb(221, 229, 81)
HSLhsl(63, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(63, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.97, -20.85, 68.38)
CIE-LCHlch(87.97, 71.48, 106.96°)
OKLaboklab(88.91% -0.0633 0.1543)
OKLCHoklch(88.91% 0.167 112.3)
XYZxyz(59.3250, 72.0062, 18.5565)
Luminance0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DDE5511.001.3615.4015.40
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4021.001.001.00
##00000015.4021.001.001.00

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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#DDE551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva