#DDEC99#DDEC99

#DDEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.107 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC99
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(71, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -17.81, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 42.54, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0484 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.107 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.5641, 77.6634, 41.6674)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC99 #A899EC

analogous

#ECD299 #DDEC99 #B4EC99

triadic

#DDEC99 #99DDEC #EC99DD

tetradic

#DDEC99 #99ECD2 #A899EC #EC99B4

square

#DDEC99 #99ECD2 #A899EC #EC99B4

split-complementary

#DDEC99 #99B4EC #D299EC

monochromatic

#BBD932 #CCE265 #DDEC99 #EEF6CD #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#DDEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC99

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC99	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.107 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b8',
    500: '#ddec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec99;
$custom-light: #e8f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.843,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91292,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC99

secondary

#7462C8

accent

#15D137

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC99

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

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