#DDE557#DDE557

#DDE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.162 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE557
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -20.48, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 69.14, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0617 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.162 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5600, 72.1002, 19.7942)
Luminance	0.7210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE557 #5F57E5

analogous

#E5A657 #DDE557 #96E557

triadic

#DDE557 #57DDE5 #E557DD

tetradic

#DDE557 #57E5A6 #5F57E5 #E55796

square

#DDE557 #57E5A6 #5F57E5 #E55796

split-complementary

#DDE557 #5796E5 #A657E5

monochromatic

#A0A81A #D2DD22 #DDE557 #E8ED8C #F2F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DDE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE557

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE557	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.162 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8d',
    500: '#dde557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde557;
$custom-light: #ebed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88963,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE557

secondary

#3D37AA

accent

#10D51B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE557

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

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