#DDE85C#DDE85C

#DDE85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.162 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE85C
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -21.60, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 68.39, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0643 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.162 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6087, 73.8592, 21.1866)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE85C #675CE8

analogous

#E8AD5C #DDE85C #97E85C

triadic

#DDE85C #5CDDE8 #E85CDD

tetradic

#DDE85C #5CE8AD #675CE8 #E85C97

square

#DDE85C #5CE8AD #675CE8 #E85C97

split-complementary

#DDE85C #5C97E8 #AD5CE8

monochromatic

#A5B119 #D2E026 #DDE85C #E8F092 #F3F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DDE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE85C

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE85C	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)

#F8DE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.162 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef90',
    500: '#dde85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde85c;
$custom-light: #eaef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89648,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE85C

secondary

#4137B1

accent

#0ED71E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE85C

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

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