#DEF278#DEF278

#DEF278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.149 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF278
RGB	rgb(222, 242, 120)
HSL	hsl(70, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 50.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.86, -23.79, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.86, 60.89, 113.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0679 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.149 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2673, 80.3905, 29.8443)
Luminance	0.8039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF278 #8C78F2

analogous

#F2C978 #DEF278 #A1F278

triadic

#DEF278 #78DEF2 #F278DE

tetradic

#DEF278 #78F2C9 #8C78F2 #F278A1

square

#DEF278 #78F2C9 #8C78F2 #F278A1

split-complementary

#DEF278 #78A1F2 #C978F2

monochromatic

#BADB15 #D0ED40 #DEF278 #ECF7B0 #F8FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#DEF278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#DEF278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF278

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF278	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 242, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.149 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf6a2',
    500: '#def278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def278;
$custom-light: #eaf6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92156,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF278

secondary

#5942CC

accent

#07DF2A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF278

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

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