#DDE956#DDE956

#DDE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.167 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE956
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -22.47, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 71.20, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0674 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.167 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6390, 74.3230, 19.9537)
Luminance	0.7432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE956 #6256E9

analogous

#E9AC56 #DDE956 #93E956

triadic

#DDE956 #56DDE9 #E956DD

tetradic

#DDE956 #56E9AC #6256E9 #E95693

square

#DDE956 #56E9AC #6256E9 #E95693

split-complementary

#DDE956 #5693E9 #AC56E9

monochromatic

#A2AE17 #D2E220 #DDE956 #E8F08C #F3F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#DDE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE956

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE956	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)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.167 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8c',
    500: '#dde956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde956;
$custom-light: #ebef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89808,
    "c": 0.16748,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE956

secondary

#3E34AF

accent

#0CD91D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE956

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

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