#DDEC4B#DDEC4B

#DDEC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.178 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC4B
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 75)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.80, -24.54, 72.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.80, 76.52, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0742 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.178 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0859, 75.8721, 18.0821)
Luminance	0.7587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC4B #5A4BEC

analogous

#ECAA4B #DDEC4B #8CEC4B

triadic

#DDEC4B #4BDDEC #EC4BDD

tetradic

#DDEC4B #4BECAA #5A4BEC #EC4B8C

square

#DDEC4B #4BECAA #5A4BEC #EC4B8C

split-complementary

#DDEC4B #4B8CEC #AA4BEC

monochromatic

#9CAB12 #CFE218 #DDEC4B #E7F282 #F2F8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#DDEC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC4B

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC4B	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.178 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf286',
    500: '#ddec4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec4b;
$custom-light: #ebf286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.59,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90364,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC4B

secondary

#3B30AC

accent

#08DD1C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC4B

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

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