#DAE06C#DAE06C

#DAE06C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.140 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE06C
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 108)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 51.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -17.70, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 58.12, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0515 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.14 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2771, 69.3006, 24.4909)
Luminance	0.6930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE06C #726CE0

analogous

#E0AC6C #DAE06C #A0E06C

triadic

#DAE06C #6CDAE0 #E06CDA

tetradic

#DAE06C #6CE0AC #726CE0 #E06CA0

square

#DAE06C #6CE0AC #726CE0 #E06CA0

split-complementary

#DAE06C #6CA0E0 #AC6CE0

monochromatic

#A6AD25 #CDD539 #DAE06C #E7EB9F #F3F5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE06C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#DAE06C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE06C

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE06C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE06C	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae06c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.140 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e999',
    500: '#dae06c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae06c;
$custom-light: #e8e999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae06c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 65.169,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87879,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE06C

secondary

#4741AF

accent

#18CD22

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE06C

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

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