#DDE95E#DDE95E

#DDE95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.161 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE95E
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -21.95, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 68.00, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0651 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.161 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.9795, 74.4592, 21.7473)
Luminance	0.7446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE95E #6A5EE9

analogous

#E9B05E #DDE95E #98E95E

triadic

#DDE95E #5EDDE9 #E95EDD

tetradic

#DDE95E #5EE9B0 #6A5EE9 #E95E98

square

#DDE95E #5EE9B0 #6A5EE9 #E95E98

split-complementary

#DDE95E #5E98E9 #B05EE9

monochromatic

#A7B419 #D2E228 #DDE95E #E8F094 #F4F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#DDE95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE95E

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE95E	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.161 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef91',
    500: '#dde95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde95e;
$custom-light: #eaef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8988,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE95E

secondary

#4237B4

accent

#0DD81F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE95E

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

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