#DDE55D#DDE55D

#DDE55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.158 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE55D
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -20.08, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 66.71, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.06 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.158 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8154, 72.2023, 21.1393)
Luminance	0.7220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE55D #655DE5

analogous

#E5A95D #DDE55D #99E55D

triadic

#DDE55D #5DDDE5 #E55DDD

tetradic

#DDE55D #5DE5A9 #655DE5 #E55D99

square

#DDE55D #5DE5A9 #655DE5 #E55D99

split-complementary

#DDE55D #5D99E5 #A95DE5

monochromatic

#A4AC1C #D2DD28 #DDE55D #E8ED92 #F3F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DDE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE55D

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE55D	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)

#F5DB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.158 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dde55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde55d;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89018,
    "c": 0.15776,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE55D

secondary

#4039AD

accent

#11D41D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE55D

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

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