#DDEE56#DDEE56

#DDEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.173 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE56
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -24.86, 68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 73.31, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0741 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.173 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0745, 77.1941, 20.4322)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE56 #6756EE

analogous

#EEB356 #DDEE56 #91EE56

triadic

#DDEE56 #56DDEE #EE56DD

tetradic

#DDEE56 #56EEB3 #6756EE #EE5691

square

#DDEE56 #56EEB3 #6756EE #EE5691

split-complementary

#DDEE56 #5691EE #B356EE

monochromatic

#A5B712 #D2E81E #DDEE56 #E8F48E #F3F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#DDEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE56

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE56	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)

#FEE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.173 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38d',
    500: '#ddee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee56;
$custom-light: #ebf38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90878,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE56

secondary

#4132B7

accent

#07DE1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE56

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

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