#DAE255#DAE255

#DAE255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.161 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE255
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.97, -20.37, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.97, 68.76, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0614 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.161 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7511, 69.9553, 19.0531)
Luminance	0.6995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE255 #5D55E2

analogous

#E2A355 #DAE255 #93E255

triadic

#DAE255 #55DAE2 #E255DA

tetradic

#DAE255 #55E2A3 #5D55E2 #E25593

square

#DAE255 #55E2A3 #5D55E2 #E25593

split-complementary

#DAE255 #5593E2 #A355E2

monochromatic

#9AA11B #CBD524 #DAE255 #E5EB89 #F1F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DAE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE255

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE255	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)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.161 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8b',
    500: '#dae255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae255;
$custom-light: #e8ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88069,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE255

secondary

#3D37A4

accent

#13D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE255

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

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