#DEFCB9#DEFCB9

#DEFCB9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.887; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.092 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFCB9
RGB	rgb(222, 252, 185)
HSL	hsl(87, 92%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(87, 27%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 26.6%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.44, -20.99, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.44, 35.77, 125.93°)
OKLab	oklab(95.32% -0.0565 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(95.32% 0.092 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.6903, 88.6526, 59.1190)
Luminance	0.8865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFCB9 #D7B9FC

analogous

#FCF9B9 #DEFCB9 #BCFCB9

triadic

#DEFCB9 #B9DEFC #FCB9DE

tetradic

#DEFCB9 #B9FCF9 #D7B9FC #FCB9BC

square

#DEFCB9 #B9FCF9 #D7B9FC #FCB9BC

split-complementary

#DEFCB9 #B9BCFC #F9B9FC

monochromatic

#A7F744 #C2F97E #DEFCB9 #F1FEE2 #F1FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#DEFCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.73

#DEFCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFCB9

18.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFCB9	1.00	1.12	18.73	18.73
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1F6EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 252, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.092 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fdce',
    500: '#defcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defcb9;
$custom-light: #e9fdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 252,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.866,
    "s": 91.781,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95317,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFCB9

secondary

#A778E2

accent

#00E667

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFFFB

border

#D5D7D4

text

#161713

muted

#848583

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFCB9

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

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