#DDEC72#DDEC72

#DDEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.148 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC72
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(67, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -21.84, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 60.79, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0628 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.148 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8525, 76.5788, 27.3865)
Luminance	0.7658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC72 #8172EC

analogous

#ECBE72 #DDEC72 #A0EC72

triadic

#DDEC72 #72DDEC #EC72DD

tetradic

#DDEC72 #72ECBE #8172EC #EC72A0

square

#DDEC72 #72ECBE #8172EC #EC72A0

split-complementary

#DDEC72 #72A0EC #BE72EC

monochromatic

#B3C91B #D0E53C #DDEC72 #EAF3A8 #F7FBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#DDEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC72

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC72	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.148 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf29e',
    500: '#ddec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec72;
$custom-light: #eaf29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.377,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90731,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC72

secondary

#4E3EC4

accent

#0DD826

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC72

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

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