#ddee2a

Color #ddee2a

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 14.72 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ddee2a

RGB

rgb(221, 238, 42)

HSL

hsl(65.2, 85.2%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.2, 82.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 82.4%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(90.18, -26.82, 82.63)

LCH

lch(90.18, 86.87, 107.98)

OKLCH

oklch(90.6%, 0.1966, 115)

HWB

hwb(65.2, 16.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3b2aee

Analogous

#ee9d2a

#ddee2a

#7bee2a

Triadic

#ddee2a

#2addee

#ee2add

Split-complementary

#ddee2a

#2a7bee

#9d2aee

Tetradic

#ddee2a

#2aee3b

#3b2aee

#ee2add

Square

#ddee2a

#2aee9d

#3b2aee

#ee2a7b

Shades

Color #ddee2a mixed toward black.

#c7d811

#9fad0e

#77820a

#505607

#282b03

Tints

Color #ddee2a mixed toward white.

#e3f14e

#e8f471

#eef695

#f4f9b8

#f9fcdc

Tones

Color #ddee2a mixed toward gray.

#cfde3a

#c2cd4b

#b4bd5b

#a7ad6b

#999c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e582 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#e4e28f · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#dea6ad · ΔE 48.7

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 29.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ddee2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ddee2a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ddee2a (#ddee2a) is rgb(221, 238, 42) in RGB.

No, #ddee2a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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