#DEFD97#DEFD97

#DEFD97 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.880; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.132 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFD97
RGB	rgb(222, 253, 151)
HSL	hsl(78, 96%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(78, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 40.3%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.17, -25.85, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.17, 52.30, 119.61°)
OKLab	oklab(94.93% -0.0713 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(94.93% 0.132 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.8352, 88.0144, 42.5289)
Luminance	0.8801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFD97 #B697FD

analogous

#FDE997 #DEFD97 #ABFD97

triadic

#DEFD97 #97DEFD #FD97DE

tetradic

#DEFD97 #97FDE9 #B697FD #FD97AB

square

#DEFD97 #97FDE9 #B697FD #FD97AB

split-complementary

#DEFD97 #97ABFD #E997FD

monochromatic

#B8FB1F #CBFC5B #DEFD97 #F1FED3 #F5FEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#DEFD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.60

#DEFD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFD97

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFD97	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)

#FFF28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5F4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 253, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.132 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9feb7',
    500: '#defd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defd97;
$custom-light: #e9feb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 253,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.235,
    "s": 96.226,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94929,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFD97

secondary

#8259DF

accent

#00E646

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF8

border

#D5D7D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFD97

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

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