#DDE85E#DDE85E

#DDE85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.160 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE85E
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -21.46, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 67.58, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0638 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.16 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.6972, 73.8947, 21.6532)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE85E #695EE8

analogous

#E8AE5E #DDE85E #98E85E

triadic

#DDE85E #5EDDE8 #E85EDD

tetradic

#DDE85E #5EE8AE #695EE8 #E85E98

square

#DDE85E #5EE8AE #695EE8 #E85E98

split-complementary

#DDE85E #5E98E8 #AE5EE8

monochromatic

#A6B219 #D2E028 #DDE85E #E8F094 #F4F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#DDE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE85E

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE85E	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)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.160 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef91',
    500: '#dde85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde85e;
$custom-light: #eaef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.783,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89666,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE85E

secondary

#4138B3

accent

#0ED71E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE85E

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

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