#DAE240#DAE240

#DAE240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.175 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE240
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -21.51, 73.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 76.43, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0666 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.175 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0370, 69.6697, 15.2925)
Luminance	0.6967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE240 #4840E2

analogous

#E29940 #DAE240 #89E240

triadic

#DAE240 #40DAE2 #E240DA

tetradic

#DAE240 #40E299 #4840E2 #E24089

square

#DAE240 #40E299 #4840E2 #E24089

split-complementary

#DAE240 #4089E2 #9940E2

monochromatic

#8B9216 #BEC71E #DAE240 #E4EA75 #EFF2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DAE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#DAE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE240

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE240	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)

#F3D820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.175 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea80',
    500: '#dae240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae240;
$custom-light: #e9ea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.963,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87912,
    "c": 0.1753,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE240

secondary

#353096

accent

#38F041

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE240

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

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