#DEF256#DEF256

#DEF256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.177 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF256
RGB	rgb(222, 242, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -26.36, 70.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 74.97, 110.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0783 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.177 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5575, 79.7066, 20.8390)
Luminance	0.7971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF256 #6A56F2

analogous

#F2B856 #DEF256 #90F256

triadic

#DEF256 #56DEF2 #F256DE

tetradic

#DEF256 #56F2B8 #6A56F2 #F25690

square

#DEF256 #56F2B8 #6A56F2 #F25690

split-complementary

#DEF256 #5690F2 #B856F2

monochromatic

#A8BF0F #D3EE1D #DEF256 #E9F68F #F4FBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DEF256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#DEF256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF256

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF256	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 242, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.177 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf68d',
    500: '#def256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def256;
$custom-light: #ebf68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91812,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF256

secondary

#412FBD

accent

#03E220

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF256

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

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