#DDF257#DDF257

#DDF257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; 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	#DDF257
RGB	rgb(221, 242, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -26.69, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 74.64, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0791 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.177 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2926, 79.5653, 21.0384)
Luminance	0.7956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDF257 #6C57F2

analogous

#F2BA57 #DDF257 #90F257

triadic

#DDF257 #57DDF2 #F257DD

tetradic

#DDF257 #57F2BA #6C57F2 #F25790

square

#DDF257 #57F2BA #6C57F2 #F25790

split-complementary

#DDF257 #5790F2 #BA57F2

monochromatic

#A8C00F #D2EE1E #DDF257 #E8F690 #F4FBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DDF257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#DDF257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDF257

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDF257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDF257	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)

#FFE642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddf257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 242, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.177 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf68e',
    500: '#ddf257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddf257;
$custom-light: #ebf68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddf257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.129,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91745,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDF257

secondary

#4330BE

accent

#03E222

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDF257

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

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