#DDE659#DDE659

#DDE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.162 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE659
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -20.84, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 68.76, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0625 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.162 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9203, 72.6883, 20.3230)
Luminance	0.7269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE659 #6259E6

analogous

#E6A959 #DDE659 #96E659

triadic

#DDE659 #59DDE6 #E659DD

tetradic

#DDE659 #59E6A9 #6259E6 #E65996

square

#DDE659 #59E6A9 #6259E6 #E65996

split-complementary

#DDE659 #5996E6 #A959E6

monochromatic

#A2AB1A #D2DE24 #DDE659 #E8EE8E #F3F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#DDE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE659

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE659	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.162 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed8e',
    500: '#dde659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde659;
$custom-light: #eaed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89194,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE659

secondary

#3E37AC

accent

#10D61C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE659

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

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