#DEFA57#DEFA57

#DEFA57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.185 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFA57
RGB	rgb(222, 250, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.71, -30.04, 72.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.71, 78.04, 112.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.54% -0.0885 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(93.54% 0.185 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.0313, 84.5894, 21.8638)
Luminance	0.8459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFA57 #7357FA

analogous

#FAC557 #DEFA57 #8CFA57

triadic

#DEFA57 #57DEFA #FA57DE

tetradic

#DEFA57 #57FAC5 #7357FA #FA578C

square

#DEFA57 #57FAC5 #7357FA #FA578C

split-complementary

#DEFA57 #578CFA #C557FA

monochromatic

#AED006 #D2F81C #DEFA57 #EAFC92 #F5FECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#DEFA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#DEFA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFA57

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFA57	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAEDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 250, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.185 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecfc8e',
    500: '#defa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defa57;
$custom-light: #ecfc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.307,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93543,
    "c": 0.18534,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFA57

secondary

#462ACB

accent

#00E627

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFFF4

border

#D6D7CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFA57

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

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