#DDE65E#DDE65E

#DDE65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.158 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE65E
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -20.50, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 66.72, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.061 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.158 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1375, 72.7751, 21.4666)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE65E #675EE6

analogous

#E6AB5E #DDE65E #99E65E

triadic

#DDE65E #5EDDE6 #E65EDD

tetradic

#DDE65E #5EE6AB #675EE6 #E65E99

square

#DDE65E #5EE6AB #675EE6 #E65E99

split-complementary

#DDE65E #5E99E6 #AB5EE6

monochromatic

#A5AF1B #D2DE29 #DDE65E #E8EE93 #F3F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#DDE65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE65E

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE65E	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)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.158 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed91',
    500: '#dde65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde65e;
$custom-light: #eaed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.971,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89241,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE65E

secondary

#4139B0

accent

#10D51D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE65E

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

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