#DDEC59#DDEC59

#DDEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.169 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC59
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -23.72, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 71.30, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0706 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.169 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6189, 76.0853, 20.8892)
Luminance	0.7608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC59 #6859EC

analogous

#ECB159 #DDEC59 #93EC59

triadic

#DDEC59 #59DDEC #EC59DD

tetradic

#DDEC59 #59ECB1 #6859EC #EC5993

square

#DDEC59 #59ECB1 #6859EC #EC5993

split-complementary

#DDEC59 #5993EC #B159EC

monochromatic

#A5B615 #D2E622 #DDEC59 #E8F290 #F3F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#DDEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC59

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC59	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.169 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28e',
    500: '#ddec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec59;
$custom-light: #ebf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90475,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC59

secondary

#4134B5

accent

#0ADC1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC59

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

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