#DDEC85#DDEC85

#DDEC85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.129 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC85
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 133)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -20.04, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 52.10, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0561 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.129 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.0485, 77.0572, 33.6852)
Luminance	0.7706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC85 #9485EC

analogous

#ECC885 #DDEC85 #A9EC85

triadic

#DDEC85 #85DDEC #EC85DD

tetradic

#DDEC85 #85ECC8 #9485EC #EC85A9

square

#DDEC85 #85ECC8 #9485EC #EC85A9

split-complementary

#DDEC85 #85A9EC #C885EC

monochromatic

#BBD521 #CEE450 #DDEC85 #ECF4BA #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#DDEC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC85

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC85	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E37D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.129 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2aa',
    500: '#ddec85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec85;
$custom-light: #e9f2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.738,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90979,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC85

secondary

#604FC6

accent

#10D52D

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC85

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

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