#DDEC8B#DDEC8B

#DDEC8B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.122 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC8B
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -19.41, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 49.27, 113.20°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0538 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.122 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4749, 77.2278, 35.9310)
Luminance	0.7723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC8B #9A8BEC

analogous

#ECCA8B #DDEC8B #ACEC8B

triadic

#DDEC8B #8BDDEC #EC8BDD

tetradic

#DDEC8B #8BECCA #9A8BEC #EC8BAC

square

#DDEC8B #8BECCA #9A8BEC #EC8BAC

split-complementary

#DDEC8B #8BACEC #CA8BEC

monochromatic

#BDD924 #CEE356 #DDEC8B #ECF5C0 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#DDEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC8B

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC8B	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.122 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2ae',
    500: '#ddec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec8b;
$custom-light: #e9f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.278,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91067,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC8B

secondary

#6655C7

accent

#12D430

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC8B

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

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