#DDF259#DDF259

#DDF259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.175 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDF259
RGB	rgb(221, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.50, -26.57, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.50, 73.88, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0786 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.175 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3754, 79.5985, 21.4747)
Luminance	0.7960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDF259 #6E59F2

analogous

#F2BA59 #DDF259 #91F259

triadic

#DDF259 #59DDF2 #F259DD

tetradic

#DDF259 #59F2BA #6E59F2 #F25991

square

#DDF259 #59F2BA #6E59F2 #F25991

split-complementary

#DDF259 #5991F2 #BA59F2

monochromatic

#A9C10F #D1EE20 #DDF259 #E9F692 #F4FBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DDF259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#DDF259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDF259

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDF259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDF259	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddf259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.175 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf68f',
    500: '#ddf259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddf259;
$custom-light: #ebf68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddf259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91762,
    "c": 0.17524,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDF259

secondary

#4430BF

accent

#04E222

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDF259

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

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