#DEFEA9#DEFEA9

#DEFEA9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.893; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.114 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFEA9
RGB	rgb(222, 254, 169)
HSL	hsl(83, 98%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(83, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 33.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.70, -24.13, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.70, 44.45, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(95.44% -0.0656 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(95.44% 0.114 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.7267, 89.2774, 50.9292)
Luminance	0.8928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFEA9 #C9A9FE

analogous

#FEF3A9 #DEFEA9 #B3FEA9

triadic

#DEFEA9 #A9DEFE #FEA9DE

tetradic

#DEFEA9 #A9FEF3 #C9A9FE #FEA9B3

square

#DEFEA9 #A9FEF3 #C9A9FE #FEA9B3

split-complementary

#DEFEA9 #A9B3FE #F3A9FE

monochromatic

#B0FD30 #C7FD6D #DEFEA9 #F3FFE1 #F3FFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#DEFEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.86

#DEFEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFEA9

18.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFEA9	1.00	1.11	18.86	18.86
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3F6E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 254, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.114 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fec3',
    500: '#defea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defea9;
$custom-light: #e9fec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.588,
    "s": 97.701,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95439,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.89278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFEA9

secondary

#9668E3

accent

#00E656

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161712

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFEA9

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

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