#DDEC55#DDEC55

#DDEC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.171 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC55
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -23.97, 68.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 72.85, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0717 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.171 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4554, 76.0200, 20.0285)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC55 #6455EC

analogous

#ECAF55 #DDEC55 #92EC55

triadic

#DDEC55 #55DDEC #EC55DD

tetradic

#DDEC55 #55ECAF #6455EC #EC5592

square

#DDEC55 #55ECAF #6455EC #EC5592

split-complementary

#DDEC55 #5592EC #AF55EC

monochromatic

#A3B314 #D2E61E #DDEC55 #E8F28C #F3F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#DDEC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC55

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC55	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)

#FCE141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.171 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28c',
    500: '#ddec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec55;
$custom-light: #ebf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.96,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90441,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC55

secondary

#3F33B3

accent

#09DC1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC55

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

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