#DDE962#DDE962

#DDE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.158 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE962
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -21.66, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 66.35, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0639 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.158 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1637, 74.5329, 22.7172)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE962 #6E62E9

analogous

#E9B162 #DDE962 #9AE962

triadic

#DDE962 #62DDE9 #E962DD

tetradic

#DDE962 #62E9B1 #6E62E9 #E9629A

square

#DDE962 #62E9B1 #6E62E9 #E9629A

split-complementary

#DDE962 #629AE9 #B162E9

monochromatic

#A9B71A #D1E12C #DDE962 #E9F198 #F4F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#DDE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE962

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE962	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.158 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef93',
    500: '#dde962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde962;
$custom-light: #eaef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89918,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE962

secondary

#4438B7

accent

#0ED820

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE962

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

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