#DEF499#DEF499

#DEF499 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.117 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF499
RGB	rgb(222, 244, 153)
HSL	hsl(75, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(75, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.81, -21.32, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.81, 46.63, 117.20°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0584 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.117 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.2246, 82.5311, 42.4667)
Luminance	0.8253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF499 #AF99F4

analogous

#F4DC99 #DEF499 #B1F499

triadic

#DEF499 #99DEF4 #F499DE

tetradic

#DEF499 #99F4DC #AF99F4 #F499B1

square

#DEF499 #99F4DC #AF99F4 #F499B1

split-complementary

#DEF499 #99B1F4 #DC99F4

monochromatic

#BAE82B #CCEE62 #DEF499 #F0FAD0 #F6FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#DEF499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#DEF499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF499

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF499	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6EBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 244, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.117 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f7b8',
    500: '#def499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def499;
$custom-light: #e9f7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.505,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93051,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF499

secondary

#7B5FD2

accent

#09DD3C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF499

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

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