#DDE955#DDE955

#DDE955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.168 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE955
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -22.54, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 71.59, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0677 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.168 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.5990, 74.3070, 19.7430)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE955 #6155E9

analogous

#E9AB55 #DDE955 #93E955

triadic

#DDE955 #55DDE9 #E955DD

tetradic

#DDE955 #55E9AB #6155E9 #E95593

square

#DDE955 #55E9AB #6155E9 #E95593

split-complementary

#DDE955 #5593E9 #AB55E9

monochromatic

#A1AD16 #D2E21F #DDE955 #E8F08B #F3F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DDE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE955

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE955	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.168 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8c',
    500: '#dde955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde955;
$custom-light: #ebef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89799,
    "c": 0.16821,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE955

secondary

#3E34AE

accent

#0CD91D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE955

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

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