#DEF556#DEF556

#DEF556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.180 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF556
RGB	rgb(222, 245, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.36, -27.77, 71.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.36, 76.25, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0822 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.18 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4577, 81.5070, 21.1391)
Luminance	0.8151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF556 #6D56F5

analogous

#F5BC56 #DEF556 #8FF556

triadic

#DEF556 #56DEF5 #F556DE

tetradic

#DEF556 #56F5BC #6D56F5 #F5568F

square

#DEF556 #56F5BC #6D56F5 #F5568F

split-complementary

#DEF556 #568FF5 #BC56F5

monochromatic

#AAC50C #D3F21C #DEF556 #E9F890 #F5FCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#DEF556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#DEF556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF556

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF556	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 245, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.180 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf88d',
    500: '#def556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def556;
$custom-light: #ecf88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.679,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92457,
    "c": 0.18042,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF556

secondary

#432DC2

accent

#00E521

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF556

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

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