#DDE85A#DDE85A

#DDE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.163 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE85A
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -21.74, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 69.20, 108.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0649 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.163 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5224, 73.8247, 20.7322)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE85A #655AE8

analogous

#E8AC5A #DDE85A #96E85A

triadic

#DDE85A #5ADDE8 #E85ADD

tetradic

#DDE85A #5AE8AC #655AE8 #E85A96

square

#DDE85A #5AE8AC #655AE8 #E85A96

split-complementary

#DDE85A #5A96E8 #AC5AE8

monochromatic

#A4AF18 #D2E124 #DDE85A #E8EF90 #F3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DDE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE85A

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE85A	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)

#F8DE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.163 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8f',
    500: '#dde85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde85a;
$custom-light: #eaef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.648,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89629,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE85A

secondary

#4036B0

accent

#0ED81D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE85A

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

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