#DDEE55#DDEE55

#DDEE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.174 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE55
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -24.92, 69.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 73.69, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0743 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.174 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0345, 77.1781, 20.2215)
Luminance	0.7718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE55 #6655EE

analogous

#EEB355 #DDEE55 #90EE55

triadic

#DDEE55 #55DDEE #EE55DD

tetradic

#DDEE55 #55EEB3 #6655EE #EE5590

square

#DDEE55 #55EEB3 #6655EE #EE5590

split-complementary

#DDEE55 #5590EE #B355EE

monochromatic

#A4B612 #D2E81D #DDEE55 #E8F48D #F3F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#DDEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE55

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE55	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.174 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38c',
    500: '#ddee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee55;
$custom-light: #ebf38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9087,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE55

secondary

#4031B6

accent

#07DE1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE55

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

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