#DAE16A#DAE16A

#DAE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.143 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE16A
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 52.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -18.35, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 59.46, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0536 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.143 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.4414, 69.7976, 24.0266)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE16A #716AE1

analogous

#E1AC6A #DAE16A #9FE16A

triadic

#DAE16A #6ADAE1 #E16ADA

tetradic

#DAE16A #6AE1AC #716AE1 #E16A9F

square

#DAE16A #6AE1AC #716AE1 #E16A9F

split-complementary

#DAE16A #6A9FE1 #AC6AE1

monochromatic

#A5AE23 #CDD737 #DAE16A #E7EB9D #F3F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#DAE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE16A

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE16A	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.143 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea98',
    500: '#dae16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae16a;
$custom-light: #e8ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88068,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.69796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE16A

secondary

#4640AF

accent

#17CE22

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE16A

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

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