#DDEB56#DDEB56

#DDEB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; 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	#DDEB56
RGB	rgb(221, 235, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -23.43, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 72.04, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0701 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.17 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2083, 75.4618, 20.1435)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEB56 #6456EB

analogous

#EBAF56 #DDEB56 #92EB56

triadic

#DDEB56 #56DDEB #EB56DD

tetradic

#DDEB56 #56EBAF #6456EB #EB5692

square

#DDEB56 #56EBAF #6456EB #EB5692

split-complementary

#DDEB56 #5692EB #AF56EB

monochromatic

#A3B215 #D2E51F #DDEB56 #E8F18D #F3F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#DDEB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEB56

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEB56	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	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)

#FBE042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddeb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 235, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.170 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf18c',
    500: '#ddeb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddeb56;
$custom-light: #ebf18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddeb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.638,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90235,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEB56

secondary

#3F33B2

accent

#0ADB1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEB56

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

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