#DDED59#DDED59

#DDED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.170 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED59
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -24.20, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 71.72, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0719 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.17 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9076, 76.6628, 20.9854)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED59 #6959ED

analogous

#EDB359 #DDED59 #93ED59

triadic

#DDED59 #59DDED #ED59DD

tetradic

#DDED59 #59EDB3 #6959ED #ED5993

square

#DDED59 #59EDB3 #6959ED #ED5993

split-complementary

#DDED59 #5993ED #B359ED

monochromatic

#A6B814 #D2E722 #DDED59 #E8F390 #F4F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#DDED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED59

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED59	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.170 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28e',
    500: '#dded59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded59;
$custom-light: #ebf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90689,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED59

secondary

#4133B7

accent

#09DD20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED59

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

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