#DDEC77#DDEC77

#DDEC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.143 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC77
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 119)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.18, -21.39, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.18, 58.55, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0611 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.143 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.1449, 76.6958, 28.9265)
Luminance	0.7670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC77 #8677EC

analogous

#ECC077 #DDEC77 #A3EC77

triadic

#DDEC77 #77DDEC #EC77DD

tetradic

#DDEC77 #77ECC0 #8677EC #EC77A3

square

#DDEC77 #77ECC0 #8677EC #EC77A3

split-complementary

#DDEC77 #77A3EC #C077EC

monochromatic

#B6CC1D #D0E441 #DDEC77 #EAF4AD #F8FBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#DDEC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC77

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC77	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.143 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a1',
    500: '#ddec77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec77;
$custom-light: #e9f2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90792,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC77

secondary

#5342C5

accent

#0ED828

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC77

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

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