#DDEC5F#DDEC5F

#DDEC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.164 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC5F
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -23.32, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 68.90, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0689 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.164 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8812, 76.1903, 22.2706)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC5F #6E5FEC

analogous

#ECB55F #DDEC5F #97EC5F

triadic

#DDEC5F #5FDDEC #EC5FDD

tetradic

#DDEC5F #5FECB5 #6E5FEC #EC5F97

square

#DDEC5F #5FECB5 #6E5FEC #EC5F97

split-complementary

#DDEC5F #5F97EC #B55FEC

monochromatic

#A9BA16 #D1E628 #DDEC5F #E9F296 #F4F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#DDEC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC5F

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC5F	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.164 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf292',
    500: '#ddec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec5f;
$custom-light: #eaf292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9053,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC5F

secondary

#4436BA

accent

#0ADB21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC5F

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

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