#DDED56#DDED56

#DDED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.172 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED56
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -24.39, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 72.89, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0727 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.172 115)
XYZ	xyz(61.7842, 76.6134, 20.3354)
Luminance	0.7661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED56 #6656ED

analogous

#EDB256 #DDED56 #91ED56

triadic

#DDED56 #56DDED #ED56DD

tetradic

#DDED56 #56EDB2 #6656ED #ED5691

square

#DDED56 #56EDB2 #6656ED #ED5691

split-complementary

#DDED56 #5691ED #B256ED

monochromatic

#A4B513 #D2E71F #DDED56 #E8F38D #F3F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#DDED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED56

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED56	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)

#FDE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.172 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28d',
    500: '#dded56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded56;
$custom-light: #ebf28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.358,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90663,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.76612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED56

secondary

#4032B5

accent

#08DD1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED56

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

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