#DDE85D#DDE85D

#DDE85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.161 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE85D
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -21.53, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 67.98, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.064 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.161 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6527, 73.8768, 21.4184)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE85D #685DE8

analogous

#E8AD5D #DDE85D #97E85D

triadic

#DDE85D #5DDDE8 #E85DDD

tetradic

#DDE85D #5DE8AD #685DE8 #E85D97

square

#DDE85D #5DE8AD #685DE8 #E85D97

split-complementary

#DDE85D #5D97E8 #AD5DE8

monochromatic

#A5B119 #D2E027 #DDE85D #E8F093 #F3F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#DDE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE85D

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE85D	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.161 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef90',
    500: '#dde85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde85d;
$custom-light: #eaef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.748,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89657,
    "c": 0.16104,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE85D

secondary

#4137B2

accent

#0ED71E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE85D

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

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