#DAE161#DAE161

#DAE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.151 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE161
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -19.05, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 63.39, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0565 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.151 112)
XYZ	xyz(57.9977, 69.6201, 21.6898)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE161 #6861E1

analogous

#E1A861 #DAE161 #9AE161

triadic

#DAE161 #61DAE1 #E161DA

tetradic

#DAE161 #61E1A8 #6861E1 #E1619A

square

#DAE161 #61E1A8 #6861E1 #E1619A

split-complementary

#DAE161 #619AE1 #A861E1

monochromatic

#A0A820 #CED72E #DAE161 #E6EB94 #F2F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DAE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE161

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE161	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)

#F0D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.151 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea92',
    500: '#dae161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae161;
$custom-light: #e8ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8797,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.69619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE161

secondary

#423CAA

accent

#15D020

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE161

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

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