#DEFE51#DEFE51

#DEFE51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.870; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.194 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFE51
RGB	rgb(222, 254, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 99%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 68.1%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.74, -32.23, 75.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.74, 81.91, 113.17°)
OKLab	oklab(94.36% -0.0951 0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(94.36% 0.194 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.0525, 87.0077, 21.0448)
Luminance	0.8701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFE51 #7151FE

analogous

#FEC751 #DEFE51 #87FE51

triadic

#DEFE51 #51DEFE #FE51DE

tetradic

#DEFE51 #51FEC7 #7151FE #FE5187

square

#DEFE51 #51FEC7 #7151FE #FE5187

split-complementary

#DEFE51 #5187FE #C751FE

monochromatic

#ADD301 #D2FE14 #DEFE51 #EAFE8E #F5FFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#DEFE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.40

#DEFE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFE51

18.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFE51	1.00	1.14	18.40	18.40
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAF1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 254, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.194 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecfe8b',
    500: '#defe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defe51;
$custom-light: #ecfe8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.098,
    "s": 98.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94363,
    "c": 0.1938,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.87007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFE51

secondary

#4525CE

accent

#00E62A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFFF4

border

#D6D7CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFE51

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

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