#DDE65D#DDE65D

#DDE65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.159 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE65D
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -20.57, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 67.13, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0613 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.159 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0929, 72.7573, 21.2318)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE65D #665DE6

analogous

#E6AB5D #DDE65D #98E65D

triadic

#DDE65D #5DDDE6 #E65DDD

tetradic

#DDE65D #5DE6AB #665DE6 #E65D98

square

#DDE65D #5DE6AB #665DE6 #E65D98

split-complementary

#DDE65D #5D98E6 #AB5DE6

monochromatic

#A4AE1B #D2DE28 #DDE65D #E8EE92 #F3F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#DDE65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE65D

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE65D	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.159 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed90',
    500: '#dde65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde65d;
$custom-light: #eaed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89231,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE65D

secondary

#4038AF

accent

#10D51D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE65D

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

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