#DDEC74#DDEC74

#DDEC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.146 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC74
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(68, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -21.66, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 59.90, 111.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0621 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.146 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9676, 76.6248, 27.9926)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC74 #8374EC

analogous

#ECBF74 #DDEC74 #A1EC74

triadic

#DDEC74 #74DDEC #EC74DD

tetradic

#DDEC74 #74ECBF #8374EC #EC74A1

square

#DDEC74 #74ECBF #8374EC #EC74A1

split-complementary

#DDEC74 #74A1EC #BF74EC

monochromatic

#B4CA1C #D0E53E #DDEC74 #EAF3AA #F7FBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#DDEC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC74

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC74	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)

#FAE269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.146 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf29f',
    500: '#ddec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec74;
$custom-light: #eaf29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90755,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC74

secondary

#5040C5

accent

#0DD827

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC74

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

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