#DDE761#DDE761

#DDE761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.157 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE761
RGB	rgb(221, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -20.77, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 65.90, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0615 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.157 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5538, 73.3882, 22.2824)
Luminance	0.7339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE761 #6B61E7

analogous

#E7AE61 #DDE761 #9AE761

triadic

#DDE761 #61DDE7 #E761DD

tetradic

#DDE761 #61E7AE #6B61E7 #E7619A

square

#DDE761 #61E7AE #6B61E7 #E7619A

split-complementary

#DDE761 #619AE7 #AE61E7

monochromatic

#A7B21B #D2DF2C #DDE761 #E8EF96 #F4F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#DDE761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE761

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE761	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.157 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaee93',
    500: '#dde761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde761;
$custom-light: #eaee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89483,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE761

secondary

#4239B3

accent

#10D61F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE761

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

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