#DDEC5C#DDEC5C

#DDEC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.166 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC5C
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 92)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -23.52, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 70.11, 109.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0697 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.166 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7474, 76.1368, 21.5662)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC5C #6B5CEC

analogous

#ECB35C #DDEC5C #95EC5C

triadic

#DDEC5C #5CDDEC #EC5CDD

tetradic

#DDEC5C #5CECB3 #6B5CEC #EC5C95

square

#DDEC5C #5CECB3 #6B5CEC #EC5C95

split-complementary

#DDEC5C #5C95EC #B35CEC

monochromatic

#A7B815 #D2E625 #DDEC5C #E8F293 #F4F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DDEC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC5C

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC5C	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.166 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf290',
    500: '#ddec5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec5c;
$custom-light: #eaf290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90502,
    "c": 0.16626,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC5C

secondary

#4235B8

accent

#0ADB20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC5C

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

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