#DDE655#DDE655

#DDE655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.165 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE655
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -21.09, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 70.35, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0636 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.165 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7569, 72.6229, 19.4623)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE655 #5E55E6

analogous

#E6A755 #DDE655 #95E655

triadic

#DDE655 #55DDE6 #E655DD

tetradic

#DDE655 #55E6A7 #5E55E6 #E65595

square

#DDE655 #55E6A7 #5E55E6 #E65595

split-complementary

#DDE655 #5595E6 #A755E6

monochromatic

#9FA819 #D2DD21 #DDE655 #E8EE8A #F2F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#DDE655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE655

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE655	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.165 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8b',
    500: '#dde655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde655;
$custom-light: #ebed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.724,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89159,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE655

secondary

#3D36AA

accent

#0FD61B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE655

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

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