#DDEC8D#DDEC8D

#DDEC8D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.120 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC8D
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -19.19, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 48.32, 113.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.053 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.12 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.6224, 77.2867, 36.7076)
Luminance	0.7729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC8D #9C8DEC

analogous

#ECCC8D #DDEC8D #AEEC8D

triadic

#DDEC8D #8DDDEC #EC8DDD

tetradic

#DDEC8D #8DECCC #9C8DEC #EC8DAE

square

#DDEC8D #8DECCC #9C8DEC #EC8DAE

split-complementary

#DDEC8D #8DAEEC #CC8DEC

monochromatic

#BEDA24 #CDE359 #DDEC8D #EDF5C1 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#DDEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC8D

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC8D	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.120 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2af',
    500: '#ddec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec8d;
$custom-light: #e9f2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91098,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC8D

secondary

#6856C7

accent

#12D331

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC8D

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

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