#DDE55E#DDE55E

#DDE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.157 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE55E
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -20.01, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 66.30, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0597 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.157 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8600, 72.2202, 21.3741)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE55E #665EE5

analogous

#E5AA5E #DDE55E #99E55E

triadic

#DDE55E #5EDDE5 #E55EDD

tetradic

#DDE55E #5EE5AA #665EE5 #E55E99

square

#DDE55E #5EE5AA #665EE5 #E55E99

split-complementary

#DDE55E #5E99E5 #AA5EE5

monochromatic

#A4AD1C #D2DC29 #DDE55E #E8EE93 #F3F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DDE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE55E

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE55E	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)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.157 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed91',
    500: '#dde55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde55e;
$custom-light: #eaed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89028,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE55E

secondary

#4039AE

accent

#11D41D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE55E

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

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