#DAE051#DAE051

#DAE051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.162 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE051
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -19.64, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 69.52, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0598 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.162 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0560, 68.8122, 18.0595)
Luminance	0.6881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE051 #5751E0

analogous

#E09E51 #DAE051 #93E051

triadic

#DAE051 #51DAE0 #E051DA

tetradic

#DAE051 #51E09E #5751E0 #E05193

square

#DAE051 #51E09E #5751E0 #E05193

split-complementary

#DAE051 #5193E0 #9E51E0

monochromatic

#969B1C #C8CF25 #DAE051 #E5E985 #F0F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DAE051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DAE051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE051

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE051	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.162 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e989',
    500: '#dae051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae051;
$custom-light: #e9e989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.517,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87609,
    "c": 0.16224,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE051

secondary

#3B379F

accent

#3BED43

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE051

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

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