#DDE581#DDE581

#DDE581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.124 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE581
RGB	rgb(221, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -17.03, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 50.62, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0478 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.124 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8014, 72.9967, 31.5988)
Luminance	0.7300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE581 #8981E5

analogous

#E5BB81 #DDE581 #ABE581

triadic

#DDE581 #81DDE5 #E581DD

tetradic

#DDE581 #81E5BB #8981E5 #E581AB

square

#DDE581 #81E5BB #8981E5 #E581AB

split-complementary

#DDE581 #81ABE5 #BB81E5

monochromatic

#B7C328 #CFDB4E #DDE581 #EBEFB4 #F8FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#DDE581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE581

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE581	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.124 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eda7',
    500: '#dde581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde581;
$custom-light: #e9eda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89445,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE581

secondary

#564DBD

accent

#18CE26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE581

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

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