#DDED7B#DDED7B

#DDED7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.140 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED7B
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 123)
HSL	hsl(68, 76%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 48.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.49, -21.51, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.49, 57.21, 112.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0611 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.14 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6789, 77.3713, 30.3146)
Luminance	0.7737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED7B #8B7BED

analogous

#EDC47B #DDED7B #A4ED7B

triadic

#DDED7B #7BDDED #ED7BDD

tetradic

#DDED7B #7BEDC4 #8B7BED #ED7BA4

square

#DDED7B #7BEDC4 #8B7BED #ED7BA4

split-complementary

#DDED7B #7BA4ED #C47BED

monochromatic

#B8D11D #CFE645 #DDED7B #EBF4B1 #F8FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDED7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#DDED7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED7B

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED7B	1.00	1.27	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.140 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f2a4',
    500: '#dded7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded7b;
$custom-light: #e9f2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.421,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91055,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED7B

secondary

#5846C6

accent

#0DD82A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED7B

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

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