#DDE55A#DDE55A

#DDE55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.160 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE55A
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -20.29, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 67.94, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0608 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.16 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6851, 72.1502, 20.4532)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE55A #625AE5

analogous

#E5A75A #DDE55A #98E55A

triadic

#DDE55A #5ADDE5 #E55ADD

tetradic

#DDE55A #5AE5A7 #625AE5 #E55A98

square

#DDE55A #5AE5A7 #625AE5 #E55A98

split-complementary

#DDE55A #5A98E5 #A75AE5

monochromatic

#A2AA1B #D2DD25 #DDE55A #E8ED8F #F3F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#DDE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE55A

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE55A	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)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.160 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8e',
    500: '#dde55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde55a;
$custom-light: #eaed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8899,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE55A

secondary

#3E38AB

accent

#11D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE55A

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

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