#DDE561#DDE561

#DDE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.154 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE561
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -19.80, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 65.04, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0588 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.154 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9972, 72.2751, 22.0969)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE561 #6961E5

analogous

#E5AB61 #DDE561 #9BE561

triadic

#DDE561 #61DDE5 #E561DD

tetradic

#DDE561 #61E5AB #6961E5 #E5619B

square

#DDE561 #61E5AB #6961E5 #E5619B

split-complementary

#DDE561 #619BE5 #AB61E5

monochromatic

#A6AF1D #D2DC2C #DDE561 #E8EE96 #F4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DDE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE561

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE561	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)

#F5DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.154 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed93',
    500: '#dde561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde561;
$custom-light: #eaed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89058,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE561

secondary

#413AB0

accent

#12D41D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE561

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

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