#DDE951#DDE951

#DDE951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.171 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE951
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -22.78, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 73.11, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0687 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.171 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.4445, 74.2452, 18.9296)
Luminance	0.7424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE951 #5D51E9

analogous

#E9A951 #DDE951 #91E951

triadic

#DDE951 #51DDE9 #E951DD

tetradic

#DDE951 #51E9A9 #5D51E9 #E95191

square

#DDE951 #51E9A9 #5D51E9 #E95191

split-complementary

#DDE951 #5191E9 #A951E9

monochromatic

#9EAA16 #D1E01C #DDE951 #E8F087 #F2F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DDE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#DDE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE951

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE951	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.171 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef89',
    500: '#dde951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde951;
$custom-light: #ebef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89766,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE951

secondary

#3C33AB

accent

#0CDA1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE951

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

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