#DDE55F#DDE55F

#DDE55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.156 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE55F
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 95)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -19.94, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 65.88, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0594 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.156 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9052, 72.2382, 21.6119)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE55F #675FE5

analogous

#E5AA5F #DDE55F #9AE55F

triadic

#DDE55F #5FDDE5 #E55FDD

tetradic

#DDE55F #5FE5AA #675FE5 #E55F9A

square

#DDE55F #5FE5AA #675FE5 #E55F9A

split-complementary

#DDE55F #5F9AE5 #AA5FE5

monochromatic

#A5AD1C #D2DC2A #DDE55F #E8EE94 #F3F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DDE55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE55F

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE55F	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.156 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed91',
    500: '#dde55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde55f;
$custom-light: #eaed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89038,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE55F

secondary

#413AAF

accent

#11D41D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE55F

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

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