#DDEA79#DDEA79

#DDEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.138 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA79
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -20.24, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 56.70, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0577 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.138 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6937, 75.5991, 29.3749)
Luminance	0.7560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA79 #8679EA

analogous

#EABF79 #DDEA79 #A4EA79

triadic

#DDEA79 #79DDEA #EA79DD

tetradic

#DDEA79 #79EABF #8679EA #EA79A4

square

#DDEA79 #79EABF #8679EA #EA79A4

split-complementary

#DDEA79 #79A4EA #BF79EA

monochromatic

#B6C920 #D0E244 #DDEA79 #EAF2AE #F8FBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#DDEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA79

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA79	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.138 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f0a2',
    500: '#ddea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea79;
$custom-light: #e9f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.903,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90393,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA79

secondary

#5345C3

accent

#11D527

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA79

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

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