#DEF177#DEF177

#DEF177 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.149 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF177
RGB	rgb(222, 241, 119)
HSL	hsl(69, 81%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 51%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 50.6%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -23.41, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 60.86, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0669 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.149 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.9101, 79.7728, 29.4274)
Luminance	0.7977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF177 #8A77F1

analogous

#F1C777 #DEF177 #A1F177

triadic

#DEF177 #77DEF1 #F177DE

tetradic

#DEF177 #77F1C7 #8A77F1 #F177A1

square

#DEF177 #77F1C7 #8A77F1 #F177A1

split-complementary

#DEF177 #77A1F1 #C777F1

monochromatic

#B9D716 #D1EB40 #DEF177 #EBF7AE #F8FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DEF177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#DEF177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF177

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF177	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 241, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.149 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf5a1',
    500: '#def177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def177;
$custom-light: #eaf5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 81.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91931,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF177

secondary

#5741CB

accent

#08DE29

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF177

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

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