#DAE257#DAE257

#DAE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.160 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE257
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.99, -20.24, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.99, 67.96, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0608 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.16 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8316, 69.9875, 19.4775)
Luminance	0.6999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE257 #5F57E2

analogous

#E2A557 #DAE257 #95E257

triadic

#DAE257 #57DAE2 #E257DA

tetradic

#DAE257 #57E2A5 #5F57E2 #E25795

square

#DAE257 #57E2A5 #5F57E2 #E25795

split-complementary

#DAE257 #5795E2 #A557E2

monochromatic

#9BA31C #CDD725 #DAE257 #E5EB8B #F1F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#DAE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE257

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE257	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.160 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8c',
    500: '#dae257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae257;
$custom-light: #e8ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88087,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE257

secondary

#3E38A5

accent

#13D31E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE257

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

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