#DAE259#DAE259

#DAE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.158 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE259
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.01, -20.11, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.01, 67.15, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0603 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.158 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9145, 70.0206, 19.9138)
Luminance	0.7002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE259 #6159E2

analogous

#E2A659 #DAE259 #96E259

triadic

#DAE259 #59DAE2 #E259DA

tetradic

#DAE259 #59E2A6 #6159E2 #E25996

square

#DAE259 #59E2A6 #6159E2 #E25996

split-complementary

#DAE259 #5996E2 #A659E2

monochromatic

#9CA41D #CED826 #DAE259 #E6EB8D #F1F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#DAE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE259

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE259	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)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.158 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ea8d',
    500: '#dae259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae259;
$custom-light: #e8ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.504,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88105,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE259

secondary

#3F39A6

accent

#13D21E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE259

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

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