#DEF997#DEF997

#DEF997 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.126 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF997
RGB	rgb(222, 249, 151)
HSL	hsl(77, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(77, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 39.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.10, -23.95, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.10, 50.20, 118.49°)
OKLab	oklab(94.08% -0.0659 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(94.08% 0.126 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.5857, 85.5153, 42.1124)
Luminance	0.8551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF997 #B297F9

analogous

#F9E397 #DEF997 #ADF997

triadic

#DEF997 #97DEF9 #F997DE

tetradic

#DEF997 #97F9E3 #B297F9 #F997AD

square

#DEF997 #97F9E3 #B297F9 #F997AD

split-complementary

#DEF997 #97ADF9 #E397F9

monochromatic

#B9F223 #CCF65D #DEF997 #F0FCD1 #F6FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DEF997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#DEF997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF997

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF997	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)

#FFEF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6F0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 249, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.126 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fbb7',
    500: '#def997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def997;
$custom-light: #e9fbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.531,
    "s": 89.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94078,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.85515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF997

secondary

#7E5BD9

accent

#00E63F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF997

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

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