#DAE060#DAE060

#DAE060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.150 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE060
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 57.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -18.64, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 63.38, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0554 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.15 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6819, 69.0625, 21.3559)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE060 #6660E0

analogous

#E0A660 #DAE060 #9AE060

triadic

#DAE060 #60DAE0 #E060DA

tetradic

#DAE060 #60E0A6 #6660E0 #E0609A

square

#DAE060 #60E0A6 #6660E0 #E0609A

split-complementary

#DAE060 #609AE0 #A660E0

monochromatic

#9FA520 #CED62D #DAE060 #E6EA93 #F2F4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DAE060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#DAE060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE060

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE060	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.150 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e992',
    500: '#dae060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae060;
$custom-light: #e8e992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.813,
    "s": 67.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87748,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE060

secondary

#413CA8

accent

#16CF1F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE060

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

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