#DDEC65#DDEC65

#DDEC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.159 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC65
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(67, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -22.88, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 66.41, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.067 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.159 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1645, 76.3036, 23.7627)
Luminance	0.7630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC65 #7465EC

analogous

#ECB765 #DDEC65 #99EC65

triadic

#DDEC65 #65DDEC #EC65DD

tetradic

#DDEC65 #65ECB7 #7465EC #EC6599

square

#DDEC65 #65ECB7 #7465EC #EC6599

split-complementary

#DDEC65 #6599EC #B765EC

monochromatic

#ACBF18 #D1E52F #DDEC65 #E9F39B #F5F9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#DDEC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC65

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC65	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.159 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf295',
    500: '#ddec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec65;
$custom-light: #eaf295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90588,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC65

secondary

#4738BE

accent

#0BDA22

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC65

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

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