#DDE57E#DDE57E

#DDE57E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.127 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE57E
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 45%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -17.33, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 52.03, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0489 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.127 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6049, 72.9181, 30.5639)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE57E #867EE5

analogous

#E5BA7E #DDE57E #AAE57E

triadic

#DDE57E #7EDDE5 #E57EDD

tetradic

#DDE57E #7EE5BA #867EE5 #E57EAA

square

#DDE57E #7EE5BA #867EE5 #E57EAA

split-complementary

#DDE57E #7EAAE5 #BA7EE5

monochromatic

#B6C227 #D0DB4B #DDE57E #EAEFB1 #F8FAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#DDE57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE57E

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE57E	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)

#F3DD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.127 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eda5',
    500: '#dde57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde57e;
$custom-light: #e9eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.66,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89403,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE57E

secondary

#534ABD

accent

#17CE25

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE57E

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

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