#DDE957#DDE957

#DDE957 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 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE957
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -22.41, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 70.81, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0671 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.167 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6795, 74.3392, 20.1674)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE957 #6357E9

analogous

#E9AC57 #DDE957 #94E957

triadic

#DDE957 #57DDE9 #E957DD

tetradic

#DDE957 #57E9AC #6357E9 #E95794

square

#DDE957 #57E9AC #6357E9 #E95794

split-complementary

#DDE957 #5794E9 #AC57E9

monochromatic

#A2AF17 #D2E221 #DDE957 #E8F08D #F3F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DDE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE957

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE957	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.167 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8d',
    500: '#dde957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde957;
$custom-light: #ebef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89816,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE957

secondary

#3F35AF

accent

#0CD91D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE957

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

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