#DDEE5B#DDEE5B

#DDEE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.169 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE5B
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -24.54, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 71.37, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0727 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.169 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2830, 77.2775, 21.5305)
Luminance	0.7728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE5B #6C5BEE

analogous

#EEB65B #DDEE5B #94EE5B

triadic

#DDEE5B #5BDDEE #EE5BDD

tetradic

#DDEE5B #5BEEB6 #6C5BEE #EE5B94

square

#DDEE5B #5BEEB6 #6C5BEE #EE5B94

split-complementary

#DDEE5B #5B94EE #B65BEE

monochromatic

#A8BB13 #D2E824 #DDEE5B #E8F492 #F4F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#DDEE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE5B

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE5B	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.169 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf390',
    500: '#ddee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee5b;
$custom-light: #ebf390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90921,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE5B

secondary

#4333BA

accent

#08DE21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE5B

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

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