#DDEC7B#DDEC7B

#DDEC7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.139 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC7B
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 123)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -21.02, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 56.73, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0597 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.139 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3902, 76.7939, 30.2184)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC7B #8A7BEC

analogous

#ECC37B #DDEC7B #A4EC7B

triadic

#DDEC7B #7BDDEC #EC7BDD

tetradic

#DDEC7B #7BECC3 #8A7BEC #EC7BA4

square

#DDEC7B #7BECC3 #8A7BEC #EC7BA4

split-complementary

#DDEC7B #7BA4EC #C37BEC

monochromatic

#B7CF1E #CFE446 #DDEC7B #EBF4B0 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#DDEC7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC7B

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC7B	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.139 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a3',
    500: '#ddec7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec7b;
$custom-light: #e9f2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.965,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90843,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC7B

secondary

#5746C5

accent

#0FD729

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC7B

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

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