#DAE160#DAE160

#DAE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.152 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE160
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -19.13, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 63.81, 107.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0568 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.152 112)
XYZ	xyz(57.9514, 69.6016, 21.4457)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE160 #6760E1

analogous

#E1A760 #DAE160 #99E160

triadic

#DAE160 #60DAE1 #E160DA

tetradic

#DAE160 #60E1A7 #6760E1 #E16099

square

#DAE160 #60E1A7 #6760E1 #E16099

split-complementary

#DAE160 #6099E1 #A760E1

monochromatic

#A0A720 #CED72D #DAE160 #E6EB93 #F2F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DAE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE160

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE160	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.152 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea92',
    500: '#dae160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae160;
$custom-light: #e8ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.256,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8796,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE160

secondary

#423CA9

accent

#15D01F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE160

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

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