#DDE556#DDE556

#DDE556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.163 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE556
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -20.55, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 69.54, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.062 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.163 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5194, 72.0840, 19.5805)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE556 #5E56E5

analogous

#E5A656 #DDE556 #95E556

triadic

#DDE556 #56DDE5 #E556DD

tetradic

#DDE556 #56E5A6 #5E56E5 #E55695

square

#DDE556 #56E5A6 #5E56E5 #E55695

split-complementary

#DDE556 #5695E5 #A656E5

monochromatic

#9FA71A #D2DC22 #DDE556 #E8ED8B #F2F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DDE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE556

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE556	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.163 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8c',
    500: '#dde556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde556;
$custom-light: #ebed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88955,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE556

secondary

#3D36A9

accent

#10D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE556

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

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