#DDEB5B#DDEB5B

#DDEB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.166 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEB5B
RGB	rgb(221, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -23.11, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 70.08, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0687 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.166 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4169, 75.5452, 21.2418)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEB5B #695BEB

analogous

#EBB15B #DDEB5B #95EB5B

triadic

#DDEB5B #5BDDEB #EB5BDD

tetradic

#DDEB5B #5BEBB1 #695BEB #EB5B95

square

#DDEB5B #5BEBB1 #695BEB #EB5B95

split-complementary

#DDEB5B #5B95EB #B15BEB

monochromatic

#A6B516 #D2E424 #DDEB5B #E8F292 #F4F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#DDEB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEB5B

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEB5B	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddeb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.166 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf18f',
    500: '#ddeb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddeb5b;
$custom-light: #eaf18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddeb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.833,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90279,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEB5B

secondary

#4135B5

accent

#0BDB1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEB5B

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

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