#DEF457#DEF457

#DEF457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.179 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF457
RGB	rgb(222, 244, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 64.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.10, -27.24, 70.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.10, 75.45, 111.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0807 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.179 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1965, 80.9198, 21.2522)
Luminance	0.8092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF457 #6D57F4

analogous

#F4BC57 #DEF457 #8FF457

triadic

#DEF457 #57DEF4 #F457DE

tetradic

#DEF457 #57F4BC #6D57F4 #F4578F

square

#DEF457 #57F4BC #6D57F4 #F4578F

split-complementary

#DEF457 #578FF4 #BC57F4

monochromatic

#AAC40D #D3F01E #DEF457 #E9F890 #F5FCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#DEF457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#DEF457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF457

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF457	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)

#FFE842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 244, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.179 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf78e',
    500: '#def457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def457;
$custom-light: #ebf78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.408,
    "s": 87.709,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9225,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF457

secondary

#432EC1

accent

#01E421

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF457

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

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