#DEFD57#DEFD57

#DEFD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.189 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFD57
RGB	rgb(222, 253, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 98%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.51, -31.42, 72.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.51, 79.35, 113.33°)
OKLab	oklab(94.19% -0.0923 0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(94.19% 0.189 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9710, 86.4687, 22.1770)
Luminance	0.8647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFD57 #7657FD

analogous

#FDC957 #DEFD57 #8BFD57

triadic

#DEFD57 #57DEFD #FD57DE

tetradic

#DEFD57 #57FDC9 #7657FD #FD578B

square

#DEFD57 #57FDC9 #7657FD #FD578B

split-complementary

#DEFD57 #578BFD #C957FD

monochromatic

#AFD703 #D2FC1B #DEFD57 #EAFE93 #F6FED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#DEFD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.29

#DEFD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFD57

18.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFD57	1.00	1.15	18.29	18.29
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAF0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 253, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.189 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecfe8e',
    500: '#defd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defd57;
$custom-light: #ecfe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 253,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.205,
    "s": 97.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94192,
    "c": 0.18874,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.86468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFD57

secondary

#4727D1

accent

#00E62B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFFF4

border

#D6D7CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFD57

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

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