#DDEF56#DDEF56

#DDEF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.174 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEF56
RGB	rgb(221, 239, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -25.34, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 73.73, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0754 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.174 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3664, 77.7780, 20.5295)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEF56 #6856EF

analogous

#EFB456 #DDEF56 #90EF56

triadic

#DDEF56 #56DDEF #EF56DD

tetradic

#DDEF56 #56EFB4 #6856EF #EF5690

square

#DDEF56 #56EFB4 #6856EF #EF5690

split-complementary

#DDEF56 #5690EF #B456EF

monochromatic

#A5B912 #D2EA1E #DDEF56 #E8F48E #F3FAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#DDEF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEF56

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEF56	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddef56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 239, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.174 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf48d',
    500: '#ddef56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddef56;
$custom-light: #ebf48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddef56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91092,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEF56

secondary

#4131B8

accent

#06DF20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEF56

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

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