#DDEC9B#DDEC9B

#DDEC9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.105 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC9B
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 155)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -17.57, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 41.57, 115.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0476 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.105 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7307, 77.7301, 42.5446)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC9B #AA9BEC

analogous

#ECD39B #DDEC9B #B5EC9B

triadic

#DDEC9B #9BDDEC #EC9BDD

tetradic

#DDEC9B #9BECD3 #AA9BEC #EC9BB5

square

#DDEC9B #9BECD3 #AA9BEC #EC9BB5

split-complementary

#DDEC9B #9BB5EC #D39BEC

monochromatic

#BAD834 #CCE268 #DDEC9B #EEF6CE #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#DDEC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC9B

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC9B	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.105 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b9',
    500: '#ddec9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec9b;
$custom-light: #e8f2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91326,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC9B

secondary

#7663C8

accent

#16D038

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC9B

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

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