#DDEC8E#DDEC8E

#DDEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.119 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC8E
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -19.08, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 47.84, 113.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0527 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.119 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.6971, 77.3166, 37.1013)
Luminance	0.7732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC8E #9D8EEC

analogous

#ECCC8E #DDEC8E #AEEC8E

triadic

#DDEC8E #8EDDEC #EC8EDD

tetradic

#DDEC8E #8EECCC #9D8EEC #EC8EAE

square

#DDEC8E #8EECCC #9D8EEC #EC8EAE

split-complementary

#DDEC8E #8EAEEC #CC8EEC

monochromatic

#BDDA25 #CDE35A #DDEC8E #EDF5C2 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#DDEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC8E

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC8E	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)

#F8E387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.119 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2b0',
    500: '#ddec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec8e;
$custom-light: #e9f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.574,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91113,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC8E

secondary

#6957C7

accent

#12D331

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC8E

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

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