#DDEC86#DDEC86

#DDEC86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.128 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC86
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 134)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -19.94, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 51.63, 112.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0557 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.128 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1179, 77.0850, 34.0508)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC86 #9586EC

analogous

#ECC886 #DDEC86 #AAEC86

triadic

#DDEC86 #86DDEC #EC86DD

tetradic

#DDEC86 #86ECC8 #9586EC #EC86AA

square

#DDEC86 #86ECC8 #9586EC #EC86AA

split-complementary

#DDEC86 #86AAEC #C886EC

monochromatic

#BBD622 #CEE451 #DDEC86 #ECF4BB #F8FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#DDEC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC86

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC86	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E37E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.128 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2ab',
    500: '#ddec86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec86;
$custom-light: #e9f2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90993,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC86

secondary

#6150C6

accent

#11D52D

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC86

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

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