#DDEC5D#DDEC5D

#DDEC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.165 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC5D
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -23.45, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 69.70, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0694 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.165 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7914, 76.1544, 21.7980)
Luminance	0.7615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC5D #6C5DEC

analogous

#ECB45D #DDEC5D #95EC5D

triadic

#DDEC5D #5DDDEC #EC5DDD

tetradic

#DDEC5D #5DECB4 #6C5DEC #EC5D95

square

#DDEC5D #5DECB4 #6C5DEC #EC5D95

split-complementary

#DDEC5D #5D95EC #B45DEC

monochromatic

#A8B916 #D2E626 #DDEC5D #E8F294 #F4F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DDEC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC5D

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC5D	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)

#FCE14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.165 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf291',
    500: '#ddec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec5d;
$custom-light: #eaf291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90511,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC5D

secondary

#4335B8

accent

#0ADB20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC5D

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

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