#DDF256#DDF256

#DDF256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.177 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDF256
RGB	rgb(221, 242, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 64.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -26.75, 70.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 75.02, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0794 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.177 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2520, 79.5491, 20.8247)
Luminance	0.7955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDF256 #6B56F2

analogous

#F2B956 #DDF256 #8FF256

triadic

#DDF256 #56DDF2 #F256DD

tetradic

#DDF256 #56F2B9 #6B56F2 #F2568F

square

#DDF256 #56F2B9 #6B56F2 #F2568F

split-complementary

#DDF256 #568FF2 #B956F2

monochromatic

#A7BF0F #D2EE1D #DDF256 #E8F68F #F4FBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DDF256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#DDF256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDF256

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDF256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDF256	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddf256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 242, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.177 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf68d',
    500: '#ddf256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddf256;
$custom-light: #ebf68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddf256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91737,
    "c": 0.17739,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDF256

secondary

#422FBD

accent

#03E221

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDF256

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

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