#DDEC4E#DDEC4E

#DDEC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.176 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC4E
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -24.38, 71.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 75.45, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0735 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.176 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.1910, 75.9142, 18.6357)
Luminance	0.7591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC4E #5D4EEC

analogous

#ECAC4E #DDEC4E #8EEC4E

triadic

#DDEC4E #4EDDEC #EC4EDD

tetradic

#DDEC4E #4EECAC #5D4EEC #EC4E8E

square

#DDEC4E #4EECAC #5D4EEC #EC4E8E

split-complementary

#DDEC4E #4E8EEC #AC4EEC

monochromatic

#9EAD13 #D1E419 #DDEC4E #E8F285 #F2F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#DDEC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC4E

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC4E	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.176 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf288',
    500: '#ddec4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec4e;
$custom-light: #ebf288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.696,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90386,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC4E

secondary

#3C30AE

accent

#09DD1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC4E

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

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