#DEF461#DEF461

#DEF461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.171 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF461
RGB	rgb(222, 244, 97)
HSL	hsl(69, 87%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 60.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.17, -26.58, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.17, 71.56, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0779 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.171 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6338, 81.0947, 23.5549)
Luminance	0.8109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF461 #7761F4

analogous

#F4C161 #DEF461 #94F461

triadic

#DEF461 #61DEF4 #F461DE

tetradic

#DEF461 #61F4C1 #7761F4 #F46194

square

#DEF461 #61F4C1 #7761F4 #F46194

split-complementary

#DEF461 #6194F4 #C161F4

monochromatic

#B0CC0E #D2F028 #DEF461 #EAF89A #F6FCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#DEF461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#DEF461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF461

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF461	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 244, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.171 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf794',
    500: '#def461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def461;
$custom-light: #ebf794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.98,
    "s": 86.982,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92337,
    "c": 0.17115,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF461

secondary

#4731C8

accent

#02E424

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF461

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

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