#DAE159#DAE159

#DAE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.157 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE159
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -19.62, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 66.73, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0589 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.157 112)
XYZ	xyz(57.6434, 69.4784, 19.8234)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE159 #6059E1

analogous

#E1A459 #DAE159 #96E159

triadic

#DAE159 #59DAE1 #E159DA

tetradic

#DAE159 #59E1A4 #6059E1 #E15996

square

#DAE159 #59E1A4 #6059E1 #E15996

split-complementary

#DAE159 #5996E1 #A459E1

monochromatic

#9BA21D #CDD627 #DAE159 #E6EA8D #F1F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#DAE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE159

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE159	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.157 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8d',
    500: '#dae159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae159;
$custom-light: #e8ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87892,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.69477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE159

secondary

#3F39A5

accent

#14D11E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE159

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

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