#DDED55#DDED55

#DDED55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.173 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED55
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -24.45, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 73.27, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.073 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.173 115)
XYZ	xyz(61.7442, 76.5974, 20.1247)
Luminance	0.7660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED55 #6555ED

analogous

#EDB155 #DDED55 #91ED55

triadic

#DDED55 #55DDED #ED55DD

tetradic

#DDED55 #55EDB1 #6555ED #ED5591

square

#DDED55 #55EDB1 #6555ED #ED5591

split-complementary

#DDED55 #5591ED #B155ED

monochromatic

#A4B413 #D2E71E #DDED55 #E8F38C #F3F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#DDED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED55

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED55	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.173 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28c',
    500: '#dded55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded55;
$custom-light: #ebf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90655,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.76596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED55

secondary

#4032B4

accent

#08DD1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED55

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

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