#DDE559#DDE559

#DDE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE559
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -20.35, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 68.34, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0611 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.161 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6429, 72.1333, 20.2305)
Luminance	0.7213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE559 #6159E5

analogous

#E5A759 #DDE559 #97E559

triadic

#DDE559 #59DDE5 #E559DD

tetradic

#DDE559 #59E5A7 #6159E5 #E55997

square

#DDE559 #59E5A7 #6159E5 #E55997

split-complementary

#DDE559 #5997E5 #A759E5

monochromatic

#A1A91A #D2DD24 #DDE559 #E8ED8E #F3F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#DDE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE559

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE559	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8e',
    500: '#dde559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde559;
$custom-light: #eaed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88981,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE559

secondary

#3E37AB

accent

#10D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE559

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

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