#DEF996#DEF996

#DEF996 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.127 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF996
RGB	rgb(222, 249, 150)
HSL	hsl(76, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(76, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.09, -24.06, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.09, 50.67, 118.36°)
OKLab	oklab(94.06% -0.0663 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(94.06% 0.127 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.5049, 85.4830, 41.6865)
Luminance	0.8548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF996 #B196F9

analogous

#F9E396 #DEF996 #ACF996

triadic

#DEF996 #96DEF9 #F996DE

tetradic

#DEF996 #96F9E3 #B196F9 #F996AC

square

#DEF996 #96F9E3 #B196F9 #F996AC

split-complementary

#DEF996 #96ACF9 #E396F9

monochromatic

#BAF222 #CCF65C #DEF996 #F0FCD0 #F6FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DEF996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#DEF996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF996

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF996	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)

#FFEE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6F0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 249, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.127 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fbb6',
    500: '#def996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def996;
$custom-light: #e9fbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94063,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.85483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF996

secondary

#7D5AD9

accent

#00E63F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF996

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

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