#DEF99E#DEF99E

#DEF99E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.858; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.119 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEF99E
RGB	rgb(222, 249, 158)
HSL	hsl(78, 88%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(78, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 36.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.21, -23.12, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.21, 46.91, 119.53°)
OKLab	oklab(94.19% -0.0632 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(94.19% 0.119 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.1712, 85.7495, 45.1957)
Luminance	0.8575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEF99E #B99EF9

analogous

#F9E69E #DEF99E #B1F99E

triadic

#DEF99E #9EDEF9 #F99EDE

tetradic

#DEF99E #9EF9E6 #B99EF9 #F99EB1

square

#DEF99E #9EF9E6 #B99EF9 #F99EB1

split-complementary

#DEF99E #9EB1F9 #E69EF9

monochromatic

#B7F22B #CAF564 #DEF99E #F2FDD8 #F5FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#DEF99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.15

#DEF99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEF99E

18.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEF99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEF99E	1.00	1.16	18.15	18.15
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5F0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #def99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 249, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.119 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fbbb',
    500: '#def99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #def99e;
$custom-light: #e9fbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#def99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.802,
    "s": 88.35,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94191,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEF99E

secondary

#8561DA

accent

#01E544

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEF99E

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

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