#DEF456#DEF456

#DEF456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.179 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF456
RGB	rgb(222, 244, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 64.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.09, -27.30, 70.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.09, 75.82, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0809 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.179 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.1560, 80.9036, 21.0385)
Luminance	0.8090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF456 #6C56F4

analogous

#F4BB56 #DEF456 #8FF456

triadic

#DEF456 #56DEF4 #F456DE

tetradic

#DEF456 #56F4BB #6C56F4 #F4568F

square

#DEF456 #56F4BB #6C56F4 #F4568F

split-complementary

#DEF456 #568FF4 #BB56F4

monochromatic

#AAC30D #D3F01D #DEF456 #E9F88F #F4FBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#DEF456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#DEF456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF456

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF456	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 244, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.179 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf78d',
    500: '#def456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def456;
$custom-light: #ebf78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.354,
    "s": 87.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92242,
    "c": 0.1793,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF456

secondary

#422EC0

accent

#01E421

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF456

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

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