#DDE856#DDE856

#DDE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.166 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE856
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -21.99, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 70.78, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.066 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.166 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.3567, 73.7584, 19.8596)
Luminance	0.7376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE856 #6156E8

analogous

#E8AA56 #DDE856 #94E856

triadic

#DDE856 #56DDE8 #E856DD

tetradic

#DDE856 #56E8AA #6156E8 #E85694

square

#DDE856 #56E8AA #6156E8 #E85694

split-complementary

#DDE856 #5694E8 #AA56E8

monochromatic

#A1AC17 #D2E120 #DDE856 #E8EF8C #F3F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#DDE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE856

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE856	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)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.166 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8c',
    500: '#dde856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde856;
$custom-light: #ebef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.521,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89594,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE856

secondary

#3E35AD

accent

#0DD81D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE856

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

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