#DEF59E#DEF59E

#DEF59E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.113 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF59E
RGB	rgb(222, 245, 158)
HSL	hsl(76, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(76, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 35.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.15, -21.20, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.15, 44.78, 118.26°)
OKLab	oklab(93.35% -0.0578 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(93.35% 0.113 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.9480, 83.3031, 44.7879)
Luminance	0.8330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF59E #B59EF5

analogous

#F5E19E #DEF59E #B3F59E

triadic

#DEF59E #9EDEF5 #F59EDE

tetradic

#DEF59E #9EF5E1 #B59EF5 #F59EB3

square

#DEF59E #9EF5E1 #B59EF5 #F59EB3

split-complementary

#DEF59E #9EB3F5 #E19EF5

monochromatic

#B8EA2F #CBEF67 #DEF59E #F1FBD5 #F6FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#DEF59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.66

#DEF59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF59E

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF59E	1.00	1.19	17.66	17.66
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCECA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5EDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 245, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.113 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f8bb',
    500: '#def59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def59e;
$custom-light: #e9f8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.862,
    "s": 81.308,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93346,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF59E

secondary

#8163D4

accent

#08DE40

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF59E

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

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