#DAE072#DAE072

#DAE072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.134 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE072
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 49.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -17.18, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 55.38, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0494 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.134 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6075, 69.4328, 26.2308)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE072 #7872E0

analogous

#E0AF72 #DAE072 #A3E072

triadic

#DAE072 #72DAE0 #E072DA

tetradic

#DAE072 #72E0AF #7872E0 #E072A3

square

#DAE072 #72E0AF #7872E0 #E072A3

split-complementary

#DAE072 #72A3E0 #AF72E0

monochromatic

#A9B127 #CDD540 #DAE072 #E7EBA4 #F4F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DAE072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE072

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE072	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.134 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e99d',
    500: '#dae072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae072;
$custom-light: #e7e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.273,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87953,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE072

secondary

#4A44B2

accent

#1ACC23

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE072

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

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