#DDE960#DDE960

#DDE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.160 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE960
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -21.81, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 67.18, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0645 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.16 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.0704, 74.4956, 22.2260)
Luminance	0.7450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE960 #6C60E9

analogous

#E9B060 #DDE960 #99E960

triadic

#DDE960 #60DDE9 #E960DD

tetradic

#DDE960 #60E9B0 #6C60E9 #E96099

square

#DDE960 #60E9B0 #6C60E9 #E96099

split-complementary

#DDE960 #6099E9 #B060E9

monochromatic

#A8B519 #D2E22A #DDE960 #E8F096 #F4F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#DDE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE960

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE960	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.160 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef92',
    500: '#dde960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde960;
$custom-light: #eaef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89899,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE960

secondary

#4338B5

accent

#0ED81F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE960

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

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