#DDE855#DDE855

#DDE855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.167 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE855
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -22.06, 67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 71.17, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0663 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.167 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3167, 73.7424, 19.6489)
Luminance	0.7374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE855 #6055E8

analogous

#E8AA55 #DDE855 #93E855

triadic

#DDE855 #55DDE8 #E855DD

tetradic

#DDE855 #55E8AA #6055E8 #E85593

square

#DDE855 #55E8AA #6055E8 #E85593

split-complementary

#DDE855 #5593E8 #AA55E8

monochromatic

#A0AB17 #D2E11F #DDE855 #E8EF8B #F3F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#DDE855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE855

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE855	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.167 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8c',
    500: '#dde855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde855;
$custom-light: #ebef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.49,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89586,
    "c": 0.16713,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE855

secondary

#3E35AD

accent

#0DD81C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE855

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

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