#DDEC9E#DDEC9E

#DDEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.101 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC9E
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(72, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(72, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -17.20, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 40.11, 115.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0464 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.101 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9857, 77.8321, 43.8880)
Luminance	0.7783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC9E #AD9EEC

analogous

#ECD49E #DDEC9E #B6EC9E

triadic

#DDEC9E #9EDDEC #EC9EDD

tetradic

#DDEC9E #9EECD4 #AD9EEC #EC9EB6

square

#DDEC9E #9EECD4 #AD9EEC #EC9EB6

split-complementary

#DDEC9E #9EB6EC #D49EEC

monochromatic

#B9D838 #CBE26B #DDEC9E #EFF6D1 #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#DDEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC9E

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC9E	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.101 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2bb',
    500: '#ddec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec9e;
$custom-light: #e8f2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91378,
    "c": 0.10117,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC9E

secondary

#7966C8

accent

#16CF3A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC9E

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

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