#DAE172#DAE172

#DAE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.135 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE172
RGB	rgb(218, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -17.67, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 55.84, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0508 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.135 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8770, 69.9718, 26.3207)
Luminance	0.6997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE172 #7972E1

analogous

#E1B172 #DAE172 #A3E172

triadic

#DAE172 #72DAE1 #E172DA

tetradic

#DAE172 #72E1B1 #7972E1 #E172A3

square

#DAE172 #72E1B1 #7972E1 #E172A3

split-complementary

#DAE172 #72A3E1 #B172E1

monochromatic

#AAB326 #CDD640 #DAE172 #E7ECA4 #F4F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DAE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE172

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE172	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.135 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ea9d',
    500: '#dae172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae172;
$custom-light: #e7ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.784,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88164,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE172

secondary

#4B43B4

accent

#19CD24

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE172

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

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