#DDE55C#DDE55C

#DDE55C 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 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE55C
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -20.15, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 67.12, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0603 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.159 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7714, 72.1847, 20.9075)
Luminance	0.7218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE55C #645CE5

analogous

#E5A95C #DDE55C #98E55C

triadic

#DDE55C #5CDDE5 #E55CDD

tetradic

#DDE55C #5CE5A9 #645CE5 #E55C98

square

#DDE55C #5CE5A9 #645CE5 #E55C98

split-complementary

#DDE55C #5C98E5 #A95CE5

monochromatic

#A3AB1B #D2DD27 #DDE55C #E8ED91 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DDE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE55C

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE55C	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dde55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde55c;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.504,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89009,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE55C

secondary

#3F38AD

accent

#11D51C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE55C

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

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