#DDE55B#DDE55B

#DDE55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.159 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE55B
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -20.22, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 67.53, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0605 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.159 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7280, 72.1674, 20.6788)
Luminance	0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE55B #635BE5

analogous

#E5A85B #DDE55B #98E55B

triadic

#DDE55B #5BDDE5 #E55BDD

tetradic

#DDE55B #5BE5A8 #635BE5 #E55B98

square

#DDE55B #5BE5A8 #635BE5 #E55B98

split-complementary

#DDE55B #5B98E5 #A85BE5

monochromatic

#A2AB1B #D2DD26 #DDE55B #E8ED90 #F3F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#DDE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE55B

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE55B	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)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8f',
    500: '#dde55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde55b;
$custom-light: #eaed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE55B

secondary

#3F38AC

accent

#11D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE55B

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

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