#DDE959#DDE959

#DDE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.165 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE959
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -22.28, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 70.02, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0666 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.165 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7624, 74.3724, 20.6037)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE959 #6559E9

analogous

#E9AD59 #DDE959 #95E959

triadic

#DDE959 #59DDE9 #E959DD

tetradic

#DDE959 #59E9AD #6559E9 #E95995

square

#DDE959 #59E9AD #6559E9 #E95995

split-complementary

#DDE959 #5995E9 #AD59E9

monochromatic

#A4B017 #D2E223 #DDE959 #E8F08F #F3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#DDE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE959

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE959	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)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.165 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebef8e',
    500: '#dde959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde959;
$custom-light: #ebef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89834,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE959

secondary

#4035B1

accent

#0DD91E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE959

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

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