#DDE661#DDE661

#DDE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.156 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE661
RGB	rgb(221, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -20.28, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 65.47, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0601 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.156 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2747, 72.8300, 22.1894)
Luminance	0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE661 #6A61E6

analogous

#E6AD61 #DDE661 #9BE661

triadic

#DDE661 #61DDE6 #E661DD

tetradic

#DDE661 #61E6AD #6A61E6 #E6619B

square

#DDE661 #61E6AD #6A61E6 #E6619B

split-complementary

#DDE661 #619BE6 #AD61E6

monochromatic

#A7B11C #D2DE2C #DDE661 #E8EE96 #F4F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DDE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#DDE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE661

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE661	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.156 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaed93',
    500: '#dde661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde661;
$custom-light: #eaed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.06,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8927,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE661

secondary

#423AB1

accent

#11D51E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE661

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

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