#DDEC9C#DDEC9C

#DDEC9C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.103 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC9C
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 156)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(71, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -17.44, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 41.08, 115.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0472 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.103 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8150, 77.7638, 42.9888)
Luminance	0.7776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC9C #AB9CEC

analogous

#ECD39C #DDEC9C #B5EC9C

triadic

#DDEC9C #9CDDEC #EC9CDD

tetradic

#DDEC9C #9CECD3 #AB9CEC #EC9CB5

square

#DDEC9C #9CECD3 #AB9CEC #EC9CB5

split-complementary

#DDEC9C #9CB5EC #D39CEC

monochromatic

#BAD835 #CBE269 #DDEC9C #EFF6CF #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#DDEC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC9C

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC9C	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)

#F6E496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.103 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2ba',
    500: '#ddec9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec9c;
$custom-light: #e8f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91343,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC9C

secondary

#7764C8

accent

#16D039

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC9C

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

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