#DEF172#DEF172

#DEF172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.153 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF172
RGB	rgb(222, 241, 114)
HSL	hsl(69, 82%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 52.7%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -23.84, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 63.06, 112.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0685 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.153 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6177, 79.6558, 27.8874)
Luminance	0.7965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF172 #8572F1

analogous

#F1C472 #DEF172 #9FF172

triadic

#DEF172 #72DEF1 #F172DE

tetradic

#DEF172 #72F1C4 #8572F1 #F1729F

square

#DEF172 #72F1C4 #8572F1 #F1729F

split-complementary

#DEF172 #729FF1 #C472F1

monochromatic

#B7D415 #D1EB3A #DEF172 #EBF7AA #F8FCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DEF172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#DEF172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF172

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF172	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 241, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.153 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf59e',
    500: '#def172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def172;
$custom-light: #eaf59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.976,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91872,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF172

secondary

#523DCA

accent

#07DE27

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF172

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

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