#DDE95B#DDE95B

#DDE95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.164 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE95B
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -22.15, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 69.22, 108.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.066 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.164 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8475, 74.4064, 21.0520)
Luminance	0.7440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE95B #675BE9

analogous

#E9AE5B #DDE95B #96E95B

triadic

#DDE95B #5BDDE9 #E95BDD

tetradic

#DDE95B #5BE9AE #675BE9 #E95B96

square

#DDE95B #5BE9AE #675BE9 #E95B96

split-complementary

#DDE95B #5B96E9 #AE5BE9

monochromatic

#A5B218 #D2E225 #DDE95B #E8F091 #F3F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#DDE95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE95B

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE95B	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.164 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef8f',
    500: '#dde95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde95b;
$custom-light: #eaef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89852,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE95B

secondary

#4136B2

accent

#0DD91E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE95B

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

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