#DDE965#DDE965

#DDE965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE965
RGB	rgb(221, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.20, -21.44, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.20, 65.08, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.063 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.156 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.3080, 74.5906, 23.4772)
Luminance	0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE965 #7165E9

analogous

#E9B365 #DDE965 #9BE965

triadic

#DDE965 #65DDE9 #E965DD

tetradic

#DDE965 #65E9B3 #7165E9 #E9659B

square

#DDE965 #65E9B3 #7165E9 #E9659B

split-complementary

#DDE965 #659BE9 #B365E9

monochromatic

#ABB91A #D1E12F #DDE965 #E9F19B #F5F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DDE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#DDE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE965

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE965	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaef95',
    500: '#dde965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde965;
$custom-light: #eaef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89949,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE965

secondary

#453AB9

accent

#0ED721

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE965

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

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