#DDEB57#DDEB57

#DDEB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.169 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEB57
RGB	rgb(221, 235, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -23.37, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 71.65, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0698 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.169 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2489, 75.4780, 20.3572)
Luminance	0.7548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEB57 #6557EB

analogous

#EBAF57 #DDEB57 #93EB57

triadic

#DDEB57 #57DDEB #EB57DD

tetradic

#DDEB57 #57EBAF #6557EB #EB5793

square

#DDEB57 #57EBAF #6557EB #EB5793

split-complementary

#DDEB57 #5793EB #AF57EB

monochromatic

#A3B215 #D2E420 #DDEB57 #E8F28E #F3F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#DDEB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEB57

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEB57	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddeb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 235, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.169 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf18d',
    500: '#ddeb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddeb57;
$custom-light: #ebf18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddeb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.676,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90244,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEB57

secondary

#4034B3

accent

#0ADB1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEB57

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →