#DAE16C#DAE16C

#DAE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.141 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE16C
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 52%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -18.19, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 58.56, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0529 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.141 112)
XYZ	xyz(58.5466, 69.8397, 24.5807)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE16C #736CE1

analogous

#E1AE6C #DAE16C #9FE16C

triadic

#DAE16C #6CDAE1 #E16CDA

tetradic

#DAE16C #6CE1AE #736CE1 #E16C9F

square

#DAE16C #6CE1AE #736CE1 #E16C9F

split-complementary

#DAE16C #6C9FE1 #AE6CE1

monochromatic

#A7AF24 #CDD739 #DAE16C #E7EB9F #F4F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#DAE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE16C

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE16C	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.141 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea99',
    500: '#dae16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae16c;
$custom-light: #e8ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88091,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.69839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE16C

secondary

#4741B0

accent

#18CE22

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE16C

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

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