#DDEE51#DDEE51

#DDEE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.176 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE51
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -25.16, 70.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 75.18, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0754 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.176 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8801, 77.1163, 19.4081)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE51 #6251EE

analogous

#EEB151 #DDEE51 #8EEE51

triadic

#DDEE51 #51DDEE #EE51DD

tetradic

#DDEE51 #51EEB1 #6251EE #EE518E

square

#DDEE51 #51EEB1 #6251EE #EE518E

split-complementary

#DDEE51 #518EEE #B151EE

monochromatic

#A2B311 #D2E919 #DDEE51 #E8F389 #F3F9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#DDEE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE51

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE51	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.176 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38a',
    500: '#ddee51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee51;
$custom-light: #ebf38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.497,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90838,
    "c": 0.17645,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE51

secondary

#3E30B3

accent

#07DF1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE51

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

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