#DDE56C#DDE56C

#DDE56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.145 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE56C
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 108)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 52.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -18.95, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 60.27, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0552 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.145 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5461, 72.4946, 24.9878)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE56C #746CE5

analogous

#E5B06C #DDE56C #A0E56C

triadic

#DDE56C #6CDDE5 #E56CDD

tetradic

#DDE56C #6CE5B0 #746CE5 #E56CA0

square

#DDE56C #6CE5B0 #746CE5 #E56CA0

split-complementary

#DDE56C #6CA0E5 #B06CE5

monochromatic

#ACB620 #D1DC38 #DDE56C #E9EEA0 #F5F7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#DDE56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE56C

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE56C	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.145 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed99',
    500: '#dde56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde56c;
$custom-light: #eaed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.967,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89176,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE56C

secondary

#473FB7

accent

#14D220

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE56C

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

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