#DDEC7C#DDEC7C

#DDEC7C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.138 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC7C
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 124)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -20.93, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 56.27, 111.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0593 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.138 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.4532, 76.8191, 30.5497)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC7C #8B7CEC

analogous

#ECC37C #DDEC7C #A5EC7C

triadic

#DDEC7C #7CDDEC #EC7CDD

tetradic

#DDEC7C #7CECC3 #8B7CEC #EC7CA5

square

#DDEC7C #7CECC3 #8B7CEC #EC7CA5

split-complementary

#DDEC7C #7CA5EC #C37CEC

monochromatic

#B8D01E #CFE447 #DDEC7C #EBF4B1 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#DDEC7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC7C

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC7C	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)

#FAE272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.138 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a4',
    500: '#ddec7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec7c;
$custom-light: #e9f2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.036,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90856,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC7C

secondary

#5847C5

accent

#0FD729

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC7C

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

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