#DDED79#DDED79

#DDED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.142 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED79
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -21.69, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 58.12, 111.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0618 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.5550, 77.3217, 29.6620)
Luminance	0.7732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED79 #8979ED

analogous

#EDC379 #DDED79 #A3ED79

triadic

#DDED79 #79DDED #ED79DD

tetradic

#DDED79 #79EDC3 #8979ED #ED79A3

square

#DDED79 #79EDC3 #8979ED #ED79A3

split-complementary

#DDED79 #79A3ED #C379ED

monochromatic

#B7D01C #CFE643 #DDED79 #EBF4AF #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#DDED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#DDED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED79

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED79	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a2',
    500: '#dded79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded79;
$custom-light: #e9f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9103,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED79

secondary

#5644C6

accent

#0DD929

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED79

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

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