#DAE256#DAE256

#DAE256 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	#DAE256
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -20.30, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 68.36, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0611 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.161 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7911, 69.9713, 19.2638)
Luminance	0.6997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE256 #5E56E2

analogous

#E2A456 #DAE256 #94E256

triadic

#DAE256 #56DAE2 #E256DA

tetradic

#DAE256 #56E2A4 #5E56E2 #E25694

square

#DAE256 #56E2A4 #5E56E2 #E25694

split-complementary

#DAE256 #5694E2 #A456E2

monochromatic

#9AA21C #CCD625 #DAE256 #E5EB8A #F1F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#DAE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE256

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE256	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)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.161 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8c',
    500: '#dae256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae256;
$custom-light: #e8ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88078,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE256

secondary

#3E38A5

accent

#13D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE256

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

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