#DEF59D#DEF59D

#DEF59D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.114 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF59D
RGB	rgb(222, 245, 157)
HSL	hsl(76, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(76, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 35.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.13, -21.32, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.13, 45.26, 118.11°)
OKLab	oklab(93.33% -0.0582 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(93.33% 0.114 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.8622, 83.2688, 44.3365)
Luminance	0.8327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF59D #B49DF5

analogous

#F5E09D #DEF59D #B2F59D

triadic

#DEF59D #9DDEF5 #F59DDE

tetradic

#DEF59D #9DF5E0 #B49DF5 #F59DB2

square

#DEF59D #9DF5E0 #B49DF5 #F59DB2

split-complementary

#DEF59D #9DB2F5 #E09DF5

monochromatic

#B9EA2E #CBEF65 #DEF59D #F1FBD5 #F6FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#DEF59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.65

#DEF59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF59D

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF59D	1.00	1.19	17.65	17.65
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ECDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 245, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.114 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f8bb',
    500: '#def59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def59d;
$custom-light: #e9f8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.682,
    "s": 81.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93329,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF59D

secondary

#8062D4

accent

#08DE40

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF59D

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

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