#DDE861#DDE861

#DDE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.158 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE861
RGB	rgb(221, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -21.25, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 66.33, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0629 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.158 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8345, 73.9496, 22.3760)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE861 #6C61E8

analogous

#E8B061 #DDE861 #9AE861

triadic

#DDE861 #61DDE8 #E861DD

tetradic

#DDE861 #61E8B0 #6C61E8 #E8619A

square

#DDE861 #61E8B0 #6C61E8 #E8619A

split-complementary

#DDE861 #619AE8 #B061E8

monochromatic

#A8B41A #D2E02C #DDE861 #E8F096 #F4F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#DDE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE861

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE861	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.158 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef93',
    500: '#dde861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde861;
$custom-light: #eaef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89695,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE861

secondary

#4339B5

accent

#0FD71F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE861

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

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