#DEF261#DEF261

#DEF261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.169 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF261
RGB	rgb(222, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(68, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.64, -25.64, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.64, 70.68, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0752 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.169 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0353, 79.8977, 23.3554)
Luminance	0.7990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF261 #7561F2

analogous

#F2BE61 #DEF261 #96F261

triadic

#DEF261 #61DEF2 #F261DE

tetradic

#DEF261 #61F2BE #7561F2 #F26196

square

#DEF261 #61F2BE #7561F2 #F26196

split-complementary

#DEF261 #6196F2 #BE61F2

monochromatic

#AFC810 #D2ED28 #DEF261 #EAF79A #F6FBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DEF261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#DEF261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF261

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF261	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.169 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf693',
    500: '#def261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def261;
$custom-light: #ebf693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91908,
    "c": 0.16886,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF261

secondary

#4632C5

accent

#04E123

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF261

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

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