#DAE251#DAE251

#DAE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.164 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE251
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -20.61, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 70.33, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0625 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.164 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5966, 69.8935, 18.2397)
Luminance	0.6989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE251 #5951E2

analogous

#E2A151 #DAE251 #92E251

triadic

#DAE251 #51DAE2 #E251DA

tetradic

#DAE251 #51E2A1 #5951E2 #E25192

square

#DAE251 #51E2A1 #5951E2 #E25192

split-complementary

#DAE251 #5192E2 #A151E2

monochromatic

#979E1A #C9D323 #DAE251 #E5EB85 #F0F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#DAE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE251

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE251	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.164 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ea89',
    500: '#dae251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae251;
$custom-light: #e9ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.31,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88035,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE251

secondary

#3C36A1

accent

#12D31D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE251

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

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