#DDEA56#DDEA56

#DDEA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.169 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA56
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -22.95, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 71.62, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0687 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.169 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9229, 74.8908, 20.0483)
Luminance	0.7489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA56 #6356EA

analogous

#EAAD56 #DDEA56 #93EA56

triadic

#DDEA56 #56DDEA #EA56DD

tetradic

#DDEA56 #56EAAD #6356EA #EA5693

square

#DDEA56 #56EAAD #6356EA #EA5693

split-complementary

#DDEA56 #5693EA #AD56EA

monochromatic

#A2B016 #D2E320 #DDEA56 #E8F18C #F3F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDEA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#DDEA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA56

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA56	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.169 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf08c',
    500: '#ddea56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea56;
$custom-light: #ebf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.27,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90021,
    "c": 0.16857,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA56

secondary

#3F34B0

accent

#0BDA1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA56

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

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