#DDE57D#DDE57D

#DDE57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.128 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE57D
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 125)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 45.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -17.43, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 52.50, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0493 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.128 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5407, 72.8925, 30.2258)
Luminance	0.7289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE57D #857DE5

analogous

#E5B97D #DDE57D #A9E57D

triadic

#DDE57D #7DDDE5 #E57DDD

tetradic

#DDE57D #7DE5B9 #857DE5 #E57DA9

square

#DDE57D #7DE5B9 #857DE5 #E57DA9

split-complementary

#DDE57D #7DA9E5 #B97DE5

monochromatic

#B5C127 #D0DB4A #DDE57D #EAEFB0 #F8F9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#DDE57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE57D

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE57D	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.128 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eda5',
    500: '#dde57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde57d;
$custom-light: #e9eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89389,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE57D

secondary

#5249BD

accent

#17CF25

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE57D

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

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