#DDE759#DDE759

#DDE759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.163 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE759
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -21.32, 65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 69.18, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0638 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.163 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1994, 73.2465, 20.4160)
Luminance	0.7325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE759 #6359E7

analogous

#E7AA59 #DDE759 #96E759

triadic

#DDE759 #59DDE7 #E759DD

tetradic

#DDE759 #59E7AA #6359E7 #E75996

square

#DDE759 #59E7AA #6359E7 #E75996

split-complementary

#DDE759 #5996E7 #AA59E7

monochromatic

#A2AD19 #D2DF24 #DDE759 #E8EF8E #F3F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#DDE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE759

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE759	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.163 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebee8e',
    500: '#dde759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde759;
$custom-light: #ebee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89407,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE759

secondary

#3F36AE

accent

#0FD71D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE759

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

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