#DDEC8F#DDEC8F

#DDEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.118 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC8F
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.48, -18.97, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.48, 47.36, 113.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0523 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.118 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.7725, 77.3468, 37.4985)
Luminance	0.7735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC8F #9E8FEC

analogous

#ECCC8F #DDEC8F #AFEC8F

triadic

#DDEC8F #8FDDEC #EC8FDD

tetradic

#DDEC8F #8FECCC #9E8FEC #EC8FAF

square

#DDEC8F #8FECCC #9E8FEC #EC8FAF

split-complementary

#DDEC8F #8FAFEC #CC8FEC

monochromatic

#BDDA26 #CDE35B #DDEC8F #EDF5C3 #F7FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#DDEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC8F

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC8F	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.118 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2b1',
    500: '#ddec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec8f;
$custom-light: #e9f2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91129,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC8F

secondary

#6A58C7

accent

#12D332

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC8F

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

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