#DDE565#DDE565

#DDE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.151 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE565
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -19.50, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 63.33, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0575 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.151 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1885, 72.3516, 23.1040)
Luminance	0.7235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE565 #6D65E5

analogous

#E5AD65 #DDE565 #9DE565

triadic

#DDE565 #65DDE5 #E565DD

tetradic

#DDE565 #65E5AD #6D65E5 #E5659D

square

#DDE565 #65E5AD #6D65E5 #E5659D

split-complementary

#DDE565 #659DE5 #AD65E5

monochromatic

#A8B21E #D1DC31 #DDE565 #E9EE99 #F4F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DDE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DDE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE565

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE565	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.151 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed95',
    500: '#dde565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde565;
$custom-light: #eaed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89099,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE565

secondary

#433CB2

accent

#12D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE565

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

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