#DDEA5B#DDEA5B

#DDEA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.165 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA5B
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -22.63, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 69.65, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0673 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.165 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1314, 74.9742, 21.1466)
Luminance	0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA5B #685BEA

analogous

#EAAF5B #DDEA5B #95EA5B

triadic

#DDEA5B #5BDDEA #EA5BDD

tetradic

#DDEA5B #5BEAAF #685BEA #EA5B95

square

#DDEA5B #5BEAAF #685BEA #EA5B95

split-complementary

#DDEA5B #5B95EA #AF5BEA

monochromatic

#A5B417 #D2E325 #DDEA5B #E8F191 #F3F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDEA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#DDEA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA5B

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA5B	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.165 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf08f',
    500: '#ddea5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea5b;
$custom-light: #eaf08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90065,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA5B

secondary

#4136B4

accent

#0CDA1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA5B

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

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