#DEFEB3#DEFEB3

#DEFEB3 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.897; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.102 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEFEB3
RGB	rgb(222, 254, 179)
HSL	hsl(86, 97%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(86, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 29.5%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.86, -22.79, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.86, 39.74, 124.99°)
OKLab	oklab(95.62% -0.0616 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(95.62% 0.102 127)
XYZ	xyz(73.7016, 89.6674, 56.0638)
Luminance	0.8967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEFEB3 #D3B3FE

analogous

#FEF9B3 #DEFEB3 #B9FEB3

triadic

#DEFEB3 #B3DEFE #FEB3DE

tetradic

#DEFEB3 #B3FEF9 #D3B3FE #FEB3B9

square

#DEFEB3 #B3FEF9 #D3B3FE #FEB3B9

split-complementary

#DEFEB3 #B3B9FE #F9B3FE

monochromatic

#AAFC3A #C4FD77 #DEFEB3 #F2FFE1 #F2FFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#DEFEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.93

#DEFEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEFEB3

18.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEFEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEFEB3	1.00	1.11	18.93	18.93
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2F7EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #defeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 254, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.102 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9feca',
    500: '#defeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #defeb3;
$custom-light: #e9feca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#defeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 254,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.6,
    "s": 97.403,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95622,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.89668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEFEB3

secondary

#A271E4

accent

#00E662

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFFF9

border

#D5D7D2

text

#161713

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEFEB3

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

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