#DDEC5A#DDEC5A

#DDEC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.168 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC5A
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -23.65, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 70.90, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0703 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.168 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6611, 76.1022, 21.1118)
Luminance	0.7610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC5A #695AEC

analogous

#ECB25A #DDEC5A #94EC5A

triadic

#DDEC5A #5ADDEC #EC5ADD

tetradic

#DDEC5A #5AECB2 #695AEC #EC5A94

square

#DDEC5A #5AECB2 #695AEC #EC5A94

split-complementary

#DDEC5A #5A94EC #B25AEC

monochromatic

#A6B715 #D2E623 #DDEC5A #E8F291 #F4F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#DDEC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC5A

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC5A	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)

#FCE148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.168 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28f',
    500: '#ddec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec5a;
$custom-light: #ebf28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90484,
    "c": 0.16779,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC5A

secondary

#4134B6

accent

#0ADC1F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC5A

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

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