#DEF16D#DEF16D

#DEF16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.158 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF16D
RGB	rgb(222, 241, 109)
HSL	hsl(69, 83%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 54.8%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -24.26, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 65.23, 111.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0702 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.158 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.3409, 79.5451, 26.4293)
Luminance	0.7954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF16D #806DF1

analogous

#F1C26D #DEF16D #9CF16D

triadic

#DEF16D #6DDEF1 #F16DDE

tetradic

#DEF16D #6DF1C2 #806DF1 #F16D9C

square

#DEF16D #6DF1C2 #806DF1 #F16D9C

split-complementary

#DEF16D #6D9CF1 #C26DF1

monochromatic

#B5D014 #D1EC35 #DEF16D #EBF6A5 #F7FCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DEF16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#DEF16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF16D

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF16D	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 241, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.158 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf59b',
    500: '#def16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def16d;
$custom-light: #ebf59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.636,
    "s": 82.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91816,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF16D

secondary

#4D38CA

accent

#07DF26

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF16D

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

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