#DAE055#DAE055

#DAE055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE055
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -19.39, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 67.94, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0587 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.159 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2104, 68.8739, 18.8729)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE055 #5B55E0

analogous

#E0A055 #DAE055 #94E055

triadic

#DAE055 #55DAE0 #E055DA

tetradic

#DAE055 #55E0A0 #5B55E0 #E05594

square

#DAE055 #55E0A0 #5B55E0 #E05594

split-complementary

#DAE055 #5594E0 #A055E0

monochromatic

#989E1D #CAD226 #DAE055 #E5E989 #F1F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DAE055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DAE055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE055

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE055	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e98b',
    500: '#dae055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae055;
$custom-light: #e8e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87643,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE055

secondary

#3D38A1

accent

#14D11D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE055

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

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