#DEF299#DEF299

#DEF299 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.115 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF299
RGB	rgb(222, 242, 153)
HSL	hsl(73, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(73, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 36.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -20.35, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 45.59, 116.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0556 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.115 119)
XYZ	xyz(67.6261, 81.3340, 42.2672)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF299 #AD99F2

analogous

#F2D999 #DEF299 #B2F299

triadic

#DEF299 #99DEF2 #F299DE

tetradic

#DEF299 #99F2D9 #AD99F2 #F299B2

square

#DEF299 #99F2D9 #AD99F2 #F299B2

split-complementary

#DEF299 #99B2F2 #D999F2

monochromatic

#BBE42C #CCEB63 #DEF299 #F0F9CF #F6FCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#DEF299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#DEF299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF299

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF299	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6E9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 242, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.115 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f6b8',
    500: '#def299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def299;
$custom-light: #e9f6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.483,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92629,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.81334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF299

secondary

#7960D0

accent

#0CDA3A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF299

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

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