#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
RGBrgb(221, 229, 85)
HSLhsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(63, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(88.00, -20.61, 66.83)
CIE-LCHlch(88.00, 69.94, 107.14°)
OKLaboklab(88.95% -0.0622 0.1516)
OKLCHoklch(88.95% 0.164 112.3)
XYZxyz(59.4794, 72.0680, 19.3698)
Luminance0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DDE5551.001.3615.4115.41
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4121.001.001.00
##00000015.4121.001.001.00

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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#DDE555 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva