#DDE657#DDE657

#DDE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.164 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE657
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -20.97, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 69.56, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0631 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.164 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8375, 72.6552, 19.8867)
Luminance	0.7265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE657 #6057E6

analogous

#E6A757 #DDE657 #96E657

triadic

#DDE657 #57DDE6 #E657DD

tetradic

#DDE657 #57E6A7 #6057E6 #E65796

square

#DDE657 #57E6A7 #6057E6 #E65796

split-complementary

#DDE657 #5796E6 #A757E6

monochromatic

#A0A919 #D2DE22 #DDE657 #E8EE8C #F3F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#DDE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE657

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE657	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.164 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebed8d',
    500: '#dde657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde657;
$custom-light: #ebed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89176,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE657

secondary

#3E36AB

accent

#0FD61C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE657

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

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