#DEF079#DEF079

#DEF079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.145 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF079
RGB	rgb(222, 240, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 49.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -22.75, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 59.49, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0648 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.145 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7363, 79.2309, 29.9682)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF079 #8B79F0

analogous

#F0C779 #DEF079 #A2F079

triadic

#DEF079 #79DEF0 #F079DE

tetradic

#DEF079 #79F0C7 #8B79F0 #F079A2

square

#DEF079 #79F0C7 #8B79F0 #F079A2

split-complementary

#DEF079 #79A2F0 #C779F0

monochromatic

#BAD718 #D0EA42 #DEF079 #ECF6B0 #F8FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DEF079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#DEF079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF079

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF079	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 240, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.145 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf4a2',
    500: '#def079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def079;
$custom-light: #eaf4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.076,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91743,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF079

secondary

#5843CA

accent

#09DC29

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF079

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

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