#DDE56E#DDE56E

#DDE56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.143 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE56E
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -18.78, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 59.38, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0546 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.143 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6538, 72.5377, 25.5548)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE56E #766EE5

analogous

#E5B26E #DDE56E #A2E56E

triadic

#DDE56E #6EDDE5 #E56EDD

tetradic

#DDE56E #6EE5B2 #766EE5 #E56EA2

square

#DDE56E #6EE5B2 #766EE5 #E56EA2

split-complementary

#DDE56E #6EA2E5 #B26EE5

monochromatic

#AEB821 #D1DC3A #DDE56E #E9EEA2 #F5F8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#DDE56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE56E

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE56E	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.143 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed9b',
    500: '#dde56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde56e;
$custom-light: #eaed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89199,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE56E

secondary

#473FB8

accent

#14D221

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE56E

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

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