#DDEC4F#DDEC4F

#DDEC4F 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 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC4F
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(66, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -24.32, 71.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 75.09, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0732 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.176 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.2271, 75.9286, 18.8259)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC4F #5E4FEC

analogous

#ECAC4F #DDEC4F #8FEC4F

triadic

#DDEC4F #4FDDEC #EC4FDD

tetradic

#DDEC4F #4FECAC #5E4FEC #EC4F8F

square

#DDEC4F #4FECAC #5E4FEC #EC4F8F

split-complementary

#DDEC4F #4F8FEC #AC4FEC

monochromatic

#9FAE13 #D2E519 #DDEC4F #E8F286 #F2F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#DDEC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC4F

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC4F	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.176 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf289',
    500: '#ddec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec4f;
$custom-light: #ebf289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.732,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90393,
    "c": 0.17563,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC4F

secondary

#3D31AE

accent

#09DD1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC4F

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

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