#DEF159#DEF159

#DEF159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.174 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF159
RGB	rgb(222, 241, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 84%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 63.1%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -25.70, 68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 73.39, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0762 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.174 116)
XYZ	xyz(63.3841, 79.1623, 21.3901)
Luminance	0.7916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF159 #6C59F1

analogous

#F1B859 #DEF159 #92F159

triadic

#DEF159 #59DEF1 #F159DE

tetradic

#DEF159 #59F1B8 #6C59F1 #F15992

square

#DEF159 #59F1B8 #6C59F1 #F15992

split-complementary

#DEF159 #5992F1 #B859F1

monochromatic

#AABF10 #D3EC21 #DEF159 #E9F691 #F4FBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DEF159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#DEF159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF159

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF159	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 241, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.174 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf58f',
    500: '#def159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def159;
$custom-light: #ebf58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 84.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91622,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.79161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF159

secondary

#4231BE

accent

#05E120

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF159

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

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