#DDE555#DDE555

#DDE555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.164 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE555
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -20.61, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 69.94, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0622 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.164 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4794, 72.0680, 19.3698)
Luminance	0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE555 #5D55E5

analogous

#E5A555 #DDE555 #95E555

triadic

#DDE555 #55DDE5 #E555DD

tetradic

#DDE555 #55E5A5 #5D55E5 #E55595

square

#DDE555 #55E5A5 #5D55E5 #E55595

split-complementary

#DDE555 #5595E5 #A555E5

monochromatic

#9EA619 #D1DB22 #DDE555 #E8ED8A #F2F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#DDE555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE555

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE555	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.164 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8b',
    500: '#dde555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde555;
$custom-light: #ebed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88946,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE555

secondary

#3C36A8

accent

#10D61B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE555

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

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