#DDEC79#DDEC79

#DDEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.141 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC79
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -21.21, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 57.64, 111.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0604 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.141 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2663, 76.7443, 29.5657)
Luminance	0.7674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC79 #8879EC

analogous

#ECC179 #DDEC79 #A4EC79

triadic

#DDEC79 #79DDEC #EC79DD

tetradic

#DDEC79 #79ECC1 #8879EC #EC79A4

square

#DDEC79 #79ECC1 #8879EC #EC79A4

split-complementary

#DDEC79 #79A4EC #C179EC

monochromatic

#B6CD1D #CFE443 #DDEC79 #EBF4AF #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#DDEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC79

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC79	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.141 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a2',
    500: '#ddec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec79;
$custom-light: #e9f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90817,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC79

secondary

#5544C5

accent

#0ED728

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC79

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

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