#DDE756#DDE756

#DDE756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.165 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE756
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -21.51, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 70.37, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0647 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.165 113)
XYZ	xyz(60.0760, 73.1971, 19.7660)
Luminance	0.7320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE756 #6056E7

analogous

#E7A956 #DDE756 #95E756

triadic

#DDE756 #56DDE7 #E756DD

tetradic

#DDE756 #56E7A9 #6056E7 #E75695

square

#DDE756 #56E7A9 #6056E7 #E75695

split-complementary

#DDE756 #5695E7 #A956E7

monochromatic

#A0AA18 #D2DF20 #DDE756 #E8EF8C #F3F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#DDE756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE756

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE756	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.165 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebee8c',
    500: '#dde756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde756;
$custom-light: #ebee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89381,
    "c": 0.16532,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.73196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE756

secondary

#3E35AC

accent

#0ED71C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE756

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

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