#DDEE59#DDEE59

#DDEE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.171 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE59
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -24.67, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 72.15, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0733 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.171 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1979, 77.2434, 21.0822)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE59 #6A59EE

analogous

#EEB559 #DDEE59 #93EE59

triadic

#DDEE59 #59DDEE #EE59DD

tetradic

#DDEE59 #59EEB5 #6A59EE #EE5993

square

#DDEE59 #59EEB5 #6A59EE #EE5993

split-complementary

#DDEE59 #5993EE #B559EE

monochromatic

#A7BA13 #D2E821 #DDEE59 #E8F491 #F4F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#DDEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE59

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE59	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.171 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf38e',
    500: '#ddee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee59;
$custom-light: #ebf38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.846,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90903,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE59

secondary

#4233B9

accent

#08DE20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE59

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

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