#DDE859#DDE859

#DDE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.164 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE859
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -21.80, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 69.60, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0652 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.164 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4801, 73.8078, 20.5096)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE859 #6459E8

analogous

#E8AB59 #DDE859 #96E859

triadic

#DDE859 #59DDE8 #E859DD

tetradic

#DDE859 #59E8AB #6459E8 #E85996

square

#DDE859 #59E8AB #6459E8 #E85996

split-complementary

#DDE859 #5996E8 #AB59E8

monochromatic

#A3AE18 #D2E123 #DDE859 #E8EF8F #F3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DDE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE859

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE859	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.164 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8e',
    500: '#dde859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde859;
$custom-light: #ebef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8962,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE859

secondary

#3F36AF

accent

#0ED81D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE859

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

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