#DDE85B#DDE85B

#DDE85B 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 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE85B
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -21.67, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 68.80, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0646 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.163 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5652, 73.8419, 20.9579)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE85B #665BE8

analogous

#E8AC5B #DDE85B #96E85B

triadic

#DDE85B #5BDDE8 #E85BDD

tetradic

#DDE85B #5BE8AC #665BE8 #E85B96

square

#DDE85B #5BE8AC #665BE8 #E85B96

split-complementary

#DDE85B #5B96E8 #AC5BE8

monochromatic

#A4B019 #D2E025 #DDE85B #E8F091 #F3F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DDE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE85B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE85B	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.163 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8f',
    500: '#dde85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde85b;
$custom-light: #eaef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89638,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE85B

secondary

#4037B1

accent

#0ED81E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE85B

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

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