#DDEE49#DDEE49

#DDEE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.182 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE49
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 69.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -25.60, 73.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 78.03, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0773 0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.182 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.5975, 77.0033, 17.9203)
Luminance	0.7700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE49 #5A49EE

analogous

#EEAC49 #DDEE49 #8AEE49

triadic

#DDEE49 #49DDEE #EE49DD

tetradic

#DDEE49 #49EEAC #5A49EE #EE498A

square

#DDEE49 #49EEAC #5A49EE #EE498A

split-complementary

#DDEE49 #498AEE #AC49EE

monochromatic

#9CAC10 #CFE415 #DDEE49 #E7F381 #F2F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#DDEE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE49

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE49	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.182 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf386',
    500: '#ddee49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee49;
$custom-light: #ebf386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.182,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90779,
    "c": 0.18162,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE49

secondary

#3B2EAD

accent

#06DF1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE49

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

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