#DEF899#DEF899

#DEF899 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.850; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.123 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF899
RGB	rgb(222, 248, 153)
HSL	hsl(76, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(76, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 38.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.87, -23.24, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.87, 48.74, 118.48°)
OKLab	oklab(93.9% -0.0638 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(93.9% 0.123 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.4413, 84.9643, 42.8723)
Luminance	0.8496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF899 #B399F8

analogous

#F8E299 #DEF899 #AEF899

triadic

#DEF899 #99DEF8 #F899DE

tetradic

#DEF899 #99F8E2 #B399F8 #F899AE

square

#DEF899 #99F8E2 #B399F8 #F899AE

split-complementary

#DEF899 #99AEF8 #E299F8

monochromatic

#B9F026 #CBF460 #DEF899 #F1FCD2 #F6FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#DEF899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.99

#DEF899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF899

17.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF899	1.00	1.17	17.99	17.99
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6EFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 248, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.123 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fab8',
    500: '#def899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def899;
$custom-light: #e9fab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.421,
    "s": 87.156,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93898,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF899

secondary

#7F5DD8

accent

#02E440

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF899

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

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