#DDEC53#DDEC53

#DDEC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.173 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC53
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 83)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -24.09, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 73.60, 109.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0722 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.173 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3771, 75.9886, 19.6159)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC53 #6253EC

analogous

#ECAE53 #DDEC53 #91EC53

triadic

#DDEC53 #53DDEC #EC53DD

tetradic

#DDEC53 #53ECAE #6253EC #EC5391

square

#DDEC53 #53ECAE #6253EC #EC5391

split-complementary

#DDEC53 #5391EC #AE53EC

monochromatic

#A2B114 #D2E61C #DDEC53 #E8F28A #F3F8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DDEC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC53

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC53	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.173 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28b',
    500: '#ddec53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec53;
$custom-light: #ebf28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90425,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC53

secondary

#3E32B1

accent

#09DC1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC53

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

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