#DEF161#DEF161

#DEF161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.168 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF161
RGB	rgb(222, 241, 97)
HSL	hsl(68, 84%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 59.8%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -25.16, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 70.23, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0739 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.168 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.7384, 79.3041, 23.2564)
Luminance	0.7930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF161 #7461F1

analogous

#F1BC61 #DEF161 #96F161

triadic

#DEF161 #61DEF1 #F161DE

tetradic

#DEF161 #61F1BC #7461F1 #F16196

square

#DEF161 #61F1BC #7461F1 #F16196

split-complementary

#DEF161 #6196F1 #BC61F1

monochromatic

#AEC612 #D2EC29 #DEF161 #EAF699 #F5FBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#DEF161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#DEF161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF161

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF161	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 241, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.168 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf593',
    500: '#def161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def161;
$custom-light: #ebf593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.917,
    "s": 83.721,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91694,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF161

secondary

#4633C3

accent

#05E022

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF161

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

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