#DDEB55#DDEB55

#DDEB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.170 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEB55
RGB	rgb(221, 235, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -23.49, 68.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 72.43, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0703 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.17 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1683, 75.4458, 19.9328)
Luminance	0.7544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEB55 #6355EB

analogous

#EBAE55 #DDEB55 #92EB55

triadic

#DDEB55 #55DDEB #EB55DD

tetradic

#DDEB55 #55EBAE #6355EB #EB5592

square

#DDEB55 #55EBAE #6355EB #EB5592

split-complementary

#DDEB55 #5592EB #AE55EB

monochromatic

#A2B115 #D2E51E #DDEB55 #E8F18C #F3F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDEB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#DDEB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEB55

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEB55	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddeb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 235, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.170 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf18c',
    500: '#ddeb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddeb55;
$custom-light: #ebf18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddeb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90227,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEB55

secondary

#3F33B1

accent

#0ADB1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEB55

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

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