#DEFCA9#DEFCA9

#DEFCA9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.880; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.111 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFCA9
RGB	rgb(222, 252, 169)
HSL	hsl(82, 93%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(82, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 32.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.17, -23.17, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.17, 43.35, 122.32°)
OKLab	oklab(95.02% -0.0629 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(95.02% 0.111 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.0953, 88.0147, 50.7188)
Luminance	0.8801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFCA9 #C7A9FC

analogous

#FCF1A9 #DEFCA9 #B4FCA9

triadic

#DEFCA9 #A9DEFC #FCA9DE

tetradic

#DEFCA9 #A9FCF1 #C7A9FC #FCA9B4

square

#DEFCA9 #A9FCF1 #C7A9FC #FCA9B4

split-complementary

#DEFCA9 #A9B4FC #F1A9FC

monochromatic

#B1F833 #C7FA6E #DEFCA9 #F4FEE1 #F4FEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#DEFCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.60

#DEFCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFCA9

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFCA9	1.00	1.13	18.60	18.60
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3F4E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 252, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.111 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fdc3',
    500: '#defca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defca9;
$custom-light: #e9fdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 252,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.687,
    "s": 93.258,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95016,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.88015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFCA9

secondary

#946AE0

accent

#00E653

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFCA9

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

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