#DEF972#DEF972

#DEF972 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.163 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF972
RGB	rgb(222, 249, 114)
HSL	hsl(72, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(72, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.67, -27.62, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.67, 66.83, 114.42°)
OKLab	oklab(93.58% -0.0792 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(93.58% 0.163 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.0379, 84.4962, 28.6941)
Luminance	0.8450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF972 #8D72F9

analogous

#F9D072 #DEF972 #9AF972

triadic

#DEF972 #72DEF9 #F972DE

tetradic

#DEF972 #72F9D0 #8D72F9 #F9729A

square

#DEF972 #72F9D0 #8D72F9 #F9729A

split-complementary

#DEF972 #729AF9 #D072F9

monochromatic

#BBE70A #D0F737 #DEF972 #ECFBAD #F8FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#DEF972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#DEF972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF972

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF972	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9EDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 249, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.163 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebfb9e',
    500: '#def972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def972;
$custom-light: #ebfb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93584,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF972

secondary

#5A3BD4

accent

#00E62E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFFF5

border

#D6D7CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF972

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

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