#DEF265#DEF265

#DEF265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.166 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF265
RGB	rgb(222, 242, 101)
HSL	hsl(69, 84%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 58.3%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.67, -25.35, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.67, 69.05, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.074 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.166 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2265, 79.9742, 24.3625)
Luminance	0.7997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF265 #7965F2

analogous

#F2C065 #DEF265 #97F265

triadic

#DEF265 #65DEF2 #F265DE

tetradic

#DEF265 #65F2C0 #7965F2 #F26597

square

#DEF265 #65F2C0 #7965F2 #F26597

split-complementary

#DEF265 #6597F2 #C065F2

monochromatic

#B1CB11 #D2ED2D #DEF265 #EAF79D #F6FCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#DEF265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#DEF265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF265

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF265	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 242, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.166 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf696',
    500: '#def265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def265;
$custom-light: #ebf696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.511,
    "s": 84.431,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91947,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF265

secondary

#4833C8

accent

#05E124

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF265

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

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