#DDE840#DDE840

#DDE840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.181 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE840
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -23.17, 75.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 78.65, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0714 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.181 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6026, 73.4568, 15.8883)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE840 #4B40E8

analogous

#E89F40 #DDE840 #89E840

triadic

#DDE840 #40DDE8 #E840DD

tetradic

#DDE840 #40E89F #4B40E8 #E84089

square

#DDE840 #40E89F #4B40E8 #E84089

split-complementary

#DDE840 #4089E8 #9F40E8

monochromatic

#929B13 #C5D219 #DDE840 #E7EF77 #F0F5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DDE840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#DDE840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE840

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE840	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.181 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef80',
    500: '#dde840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde840;
$custom-light: #ebef80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.929,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89434,
    "c": 0.18062,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE840

secondary

#352E9E

accent

#33F540

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE840

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

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