#DEF8A5#DEF8A5

#DEF8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.110 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF8A5
RGB	rgb(222, 248, 165)
HSL	hsl(79, 86%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(79, 33%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 33.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.05, -21.77, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.05, 43.06, 120.38°)
OKLab	oklab(94.1% -0.0591 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(94.1% 0.11 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.4827, 85.3809, 48.3570)
Luminance	0.8538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF8A5 #BFA5F8

analogous

#F8E8A5 #DEF8A5 #B4F8A5

triadic

#DEF8A5 #A5DEF8 #F8A5DE

tetradic

#DEF8A5 #A5F8E8 #BFA5F8 #F8A5B4

square

#DEF8A5 #A5F8E8 #BFA5F8 #F8A5B4

split-complementary

#DEF8A5 #A5B4F8 #E8A5F8

monochromatic

#B4EF33 #C9F46C #DEF8A5 #F3FCDE #F5FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DEF8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.08

#DEF8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF8A5

18.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF8A5	1.00	1.16	18.08	18.08
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4F0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 248, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.110 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fac0',
    500: '#def8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def8a5;
$custom-light: #e9fac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.795,
    "s": 85.567,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.941,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF8A5

secondary

#8B68D9

accent

#03E249

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF8A5

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

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