#DEF59F#DEF59F

#DEF59F is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.112 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF59F
RGB	rgb(222, 245, 159)
HSL	hsl(76, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(76, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 35.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -21.08, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 44.30, 118.41°)
OKLab	oklab(93.36% -0.0574 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(93.36% 0.112 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.0344, 83.3377, 45.2431)
Luminance	0.8334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF59F #B69FF5

analogous

#F5E19F #DEF59F #B3F59F

triadic

#DEF59F #9FDEF5 #F59FDE

tetradic

#DEF59F #9FF5E1 #B69FF5 #F59FB3

square

#DEF59F #9FF5E1 #B69FF5 #F59FB3

split-complementary

#DEF59F #9FB3F5 #E19FF5

monochromatic

#B8E930 #CBEF68 #DEF59F #F1FBD6 #F5FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#DEF59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#DEF59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF59F

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF59F	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCECA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5EDDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 245, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.112 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9f8bc',
    500: '#def59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def59f;
$custom-light: #e9f8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.047,
    "s": 81.132,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93363,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF59F

secondary

#8264D4

accent

#08DD41

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF59F

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

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