#DDEC8A#DDEC8A

#DDEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.123 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC8A
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -19.52, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 49.74, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0542 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.123 116)
XYZ	xyz(64.4022, 77.1987, 35.5479)
Luminance	0.7720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC8A #998AEC

analogous

#ECCA8A #DDEC8A #ACEC8A

triadic

#DDEC8A #8ADDEC #EC8ADD

tetradic

#DDEC8A #8AECCA #998AEC #EC8AAC

square

#DDEC8A #8AECCA #998AEC #EC8AAC

split-complementary

#DDEC8A #8AACEC #CA8AEC

monochromatic

#BDD823 #CEE355 #DDEC8A #ECF5BF #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#DDEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC8A

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC8A	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.123 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2ad',
    500: '#ddec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec8a;
$custom-light: #e9f2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.184,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91052,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.77198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC8A

secondary

#6554C7

accent

#11D42F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC8A

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

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