#DDEC78#DDEC78

#DDEC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.142 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC78
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 120)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -21.30, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 58.10, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0608 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.142 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2053, 76.7199, 29.2444)
Luminance	0.7672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC78 #8778EC

analogous

#ECC178 #DDEC78 #A3EC78

triadic

#DDEC78 #78DDEC #EC78DD

tetradic

#DDEC78 #78ECC1 #8778EC #EC78A3

square

#DDEC78 #78ECC1 #8778EC #EC78A3

split-complementary

#DDEC78 #78A3EC #C178EC

monochromatic

#B6CD1D #CFE442 #DDEC78 #EBF4AE #F8FBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#DDEC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC78

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC78	1.00	1.28	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.28	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)

#FAE26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.142 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a2',
    500: '#ddec78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec78;
$custom-light: #e9f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.759,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90805,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC78

secondary

#5443C5

accent

#0ED728

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC78

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

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