#DAE059#DAE059

#DAE059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.156 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE059
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -19.13, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 66.32, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0575 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.156 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3738, 68.9393, 19.7335)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE059 #5F59E0

analogous

#E0A359 #DAE059 #97E059

triadic

#DAE059 #59DAE0 #E059DA

tetradic

#DAE059 #59E0A3 #5F59E0 #E05997

square

#DAE059 #59E0A3 #5F59E0 #E05997

split-complementary

#DAE059 #5997E0 #A359E0

monochromatic

#9BA11E #CDD428 #DAE059 #E5EA8D #F1F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DAE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DAE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE059

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE059	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.156 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e98d',
    500: '#dae059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae059;
$custom-light: #e8e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87679,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE059

secondary

#3E3AA4

accent

#15D01D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE059

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

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