#DEF599#DEF599

#DEF599 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.119 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF599
RGB	rgb(222, 245, 153)
HSL	hsl(75, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(75, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.07, -21.80, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.07, 47.16, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.26% -0.0597 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(93.26% 0.119 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.5263, 83.1345, 42.5673)
Luminance	0.8313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF599 #B099F5

analogous

#F5DE99 #DEF599 #B0F599

triadic

#DEF599 #99DEF5 #F599DE

tetradic

#DEF599 #99F5DE #B099F5 #F599B0

square

#DEF599 #99F5DE #B099F5 #F599B0

split-complementary

#DEF599 #99B0F5 #DE99F5

monochromatic

#BAEA2A #CCF061 #DEF599 #F0FAD1 #F6FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#DEF599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.63

#DEF599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF599

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF599	1.00	1.19	17.63	17.63
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6ECDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 245, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.119 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f8b8',
    500: '#def599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def599;
$custom-light: #e9f8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93263,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF599

secondary

#7C5FD4

accent

#07DF3D

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF599

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

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