#DEF8A8#DEF8A8

#DEF8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.106 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF8A8
RGB	rgb(222, 248, 168)
HSL	hsl(80, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(80, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 32.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.09, -21.39, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.09, 41.63, 120.92°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0579 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.106 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.7589, 85.4914, 49.8119)
Luminance	0.8549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF8A8 #C2A8F8

analogous

#F8EAA8 #DEF8A8 #B6F8A8

triadic

#DEF8A8 #A8DEF8 #F8A8DE

tetradic

#DEF8A8 #A8F8EA #C2A8F8 #F8A8B6

square

#DEF8A8 #A8F8EA #C2A8F8 #F8A8B6

split-complementary

#DEF8A8 #A8B6F8 #EAA8F8

monochromatic

#B3EF37 #C9F36F #DEF8A8 #F3FDE1 #F4FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DEF8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#DEF8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF8A8

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF8A8	1.00	1.16	18.10	18.10
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEFA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4F0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 248, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.106 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fac2',
    500: '#def8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def8a8;
$custom-light: #e9fac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.5,
    "s": 85.106,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94153,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF8A8

secondary

#8F6BD9

accent

#04E24C

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF8A8

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

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