#DEF459#DEF459

#DEF459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.177 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF459
RGB	rgb(222, 244, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -27.11, 69.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 74.69, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.27% -0.0801 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(92.27% 0.177 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.2794, 80.9530, 21.6885)
Luminance	0.8095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF459 #6F59F4

analogous

#F4BC59 #DEF459 #90F459

triadic

#DEF459 #59DEF4 #F459DE

tetradic

#DEF459 #59F4BC #6F59F4 #F45990

square

#DEF459 #59F4BC #6F59F4 #F45990

split-complementary

#DEF459 #5990F4 #BC59F4

monochromatic

#ABC60D #D3F020 #DEF459 #E9F892 #F5FCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#DEF459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#DEF459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF459

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF459	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 244, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.177 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf78f',
    500: '#def459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def459;
$custom-light: #ebf78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.516,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92266,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF459

secondary

#442FC3

accent

#01E422

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF459

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

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