#DDEC7D#DDEC7D

#DDEC7D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.137 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC7D
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 125)
HSL	hsl(68, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -20.83, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 55.82, 111.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.059 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.137 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5167, 76.8445, 30.8845)
Luminance	0.7684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC7D #8C7DEC

analogous

#ECC37D #DDEC7D #A5EC7D

triadic

#DDEC7D #7DDDEC #EC7DDD

tetradic

#DDEC7D #7DECC3 #8C7DEC #EC7DA5

square

#DDEC7D #7DECC3 #8C7DEC #EC7DA5

split-complementary

#DDEC7D #7DA5EC #C37DEC

monochromatic

#B8D01E #CFE448 #DDEC7D #EBF4B2 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#DDEC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC7D

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC7D	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.137 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a5',
    500: '#ddec7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec7d;
$custom-light: #e9f2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90869,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC7D

secondary

#5948C5

accent

#0FD72A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC7D

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

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