#DDEC96#DDEC96

#DDEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.110 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC96
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(70, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -18.17, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 44.00, 114.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0496 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.11 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3194, 77.5656, 40.3788)
Luminance	0.7756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC96 #A596EC

analogous

#ECD096 #DDEC96 #B2EC96

triadic

#DDEC96 #96DDEC #EC96DD

tetradic

#DDEC96 #96ECD0 #A596EC #EC96B2

square

#DDEC96 #96ECD0 #A596EC #EC96B2

split-complementary

#DDEC96 #96B2EC #D096EC

monochromatic

#BBD92E #CCE362 #DDEC96 #EEF5CA #F7FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#DDEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC96

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC96	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.110 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b6',
    500: '#ddec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec96;
$custom-light: #e8f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.465,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91241,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC96

secondary

#715FC7

accent

#14D135

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC96

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

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