#DEF596#DEF596

#DEF596 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.122 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF596
RGB	rgb(222, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(75, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(75, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 38.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.03, -22.15, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.03, 48.58, 117.13°)
OKLab	oklab(93.22% -0.0609 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(93.22% 0.122 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.2817, 83.0366, 41.2787)
Luminance	0.8304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF596 #AD96F5

analogous

#F5DC96 #DEF596 #AFF596

triadic

#DEF596 #96DEF5 #F596DE

tetradic

#DEF596 #96F5DC #AD96F5 #F596AF

square

#DEF596 #96F5DC #AD96F5 #F596AF

split-complementary

#DEF596 #96AFF5 #DC96F5

monochromatic

#BBEA26 #CCF05E #DEF596 #F0FACE #F6FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#DEF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.61

#DEF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF596

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF596	1.00	1.19	17.61	17.61
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6ECDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.122 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f8b6',
    500: '#def596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def596;
$custom-light: #e9f8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.526,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93215,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF596

secondary

#795CD3

accent

#06DF3B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF596

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

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