#DDEC88#DDEC88

#DDEC88 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.126 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC88
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 136)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 42.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -19.73, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 50.69, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0549 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.126 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.2587, 77.1413, 34.7924)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC88 #9788EC

analogous

#ECC988 #DDEC88 #ABEC88

triadic

#DDEC88 #88DDEC #EC88DD

tetradic

#DDEC88 #88ECC9 #9788EC #EC88AB

square

#DDEC88 #88ECC9 #9788EC #EC88AB

split-complementary

#DDEC88 #88ABEC #C988EC

monochromatic

#BCD722 #CEE453 #DDEC88 #ECF4BD #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#DDEC88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC88

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC88	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.126 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2ac',
    500: '#ddec88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec88;
$custom-light: #e9f2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91023,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC88

secondary

#6352C6

accent

#11D52E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC88

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

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