#DDEE57#DDEE57

#DDEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.172 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE57
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -24.80, 68.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 72.93, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0738 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.172 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1151, 77.2103, 20.6459)
Luminance	0.7721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE57 #6857EE

analogous

#EEB357 #DDEE57 #91EE57

triadic

#DDEE57 #57DDEE #EE57DD

tetradic

#DDEE57 #57EEB3 #6857EE #EE5791

square

#DDEE57 #57EEB3 #6857EE #EE5791

split-complementary

#DDEE57 #5791EE #B357EE

monochromatic

#A5B813 #D2E81F #DDEE57 #E8F48F #F3F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#DDEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE57

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE57	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)

#FEE343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.172 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38d',
    500: '#ddee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee57;
$custom-light: #ebf38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.755,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90886,
    "c": 0.17223,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE57

secondary

#4132B7

accent

#08DE20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE57

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

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