#DAE162#DAE162

#DAE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.150 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE162
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -18.98, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 62.96, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0562 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.15 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.0447, 69.6389, 21.9369)
Luminance	0.6964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE162 #6962E1

analogous

#E1A862 #DAE162 #9AE162

triadic

#DAE162 #62DAE1 #E162DA

tetradic

#DAE162 #62E1A8 #6962E1 #E1629A

square

#DAE162 #62E1A8 #6962E1 #E1629A

split-complementary

#DAE162 #629AE1 #A862E1

monochromatic

#A1A820 #CED72F #DAE162 #E6EB95 #F2F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#DAE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE162

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE162	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.150 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea93',
    500: '#dae162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae162;
$custom-light: #e8ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.307,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87981,
    "c": 0.14987,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.69638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE162

secondary

#433DAB

accent

#16D020

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE162

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

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