#DDE56D#DDE56D

#DDE56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.144 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE56D
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -18.87, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 59.83, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0549 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.144 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5997, 72.5160, 25.2697)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE56D #756DE5

analogous

#E5B16D #DDE56D #A1E56D

triadic

#DDE56D #6DDDE5 #E56DDD

tetradic

#DDE56D #6DE5B1 #756DE5 #E56DA1

square

#DDE56D #6DE5B1 #756DE5 #E56DA1

split-complementary

#DDE56D #6DA1E5 #B16DE5

monochromatic

#ADB721 #D1DC39 #DDE56D #E9EEA1 #F5F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#DDE56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE56D

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE56D	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)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.144 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed9a',
    500: '#dde56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde56d;
$custom-light: #eaed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89187,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE56D

secondary

#473FB7

accent

#14D220

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE56D

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

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