#DDEC5E#DDEC5E

#DDEC5E 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	#DDEC5E
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -23.39, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 69.30, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0692 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.165 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8360, 76.1722, 22.0327)
Luminance	0.7617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC5E #6D5EEC

analogous

#ECB45E #DDEC5E #96EC5E

triadic

#DDEC5E #5EDDEC #EC5EDD

tetradic

#DDEC5E #5EECB4 #6D5EEC #EC5E96

square

#DDEC5E #5EECB4 #6D5EEC #EC5E96

split-complementary

#DDEC5E #5E96EC #B45EEC

monochromatic

#A8BA16 #D1E627 #DDEC5E #E9F295 #F4F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#DDEC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC5E

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC5E	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)

#FCE14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.165 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf291',
    500: '#ddec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec5e;
$custom-light: #eaf291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.338,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9052,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC5E

secondary

#4335B9

accent

#0ADB20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC5E

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

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