#DDEC81#DDEC81

#DDEC81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.133 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC81
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 129)
HSL	hsl(68, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(68, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -20.44, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 53.97, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0575 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.133 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7774, 76.9487, 32.2574)
Luminance	0.7695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC81 #9081EC

analogous

#ECC681 #DDEC81 #A8EC81

triadic

#DDEC81 #81DDEC #EC81DD

tetradic

#DDEC81 #81ECC6 #9081EC #EC81A8

square

#DDEC81 #81ECC6 #9081EC #EC81A8

split-complementary

#DDEC81 #81A8EC #C681EC

monochromatic

#BAD320 #CFE44C #DDEC81 #EBF4B6 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#DDEC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC81

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC81	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.133 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a7',
    500: '#ddec81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec81;
$custom-light: #e9f2a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.411,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90923,
    "c": 0.13287,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC81

secondary

#5D4BC6

accent

#10D62B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC81

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

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