#DAE260#DAE260

#DAE260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.153 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE260
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -19.62, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 64.24, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0582 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.153 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2225, 70.1439, 21.5361)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE260 #6860E2

analogous

#E2A960 #DAE260 #99E260

triadic

#DAE260 #60DAE2 #E260DA

tetradic

#DAE260 #60E2A9 #6860E2 #E26099

square

#DAE260 #60E2A9 #6860E2 #E26099

split-complementary

#DAE260 #6099E2 #A960E2

monochromatic

#A0A91F #CED92C #DAE260 #E6EB94 #F2F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#DAE260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE260

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE260	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.153 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eb92',
    500: '#dae260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae260;
$custom-light: #e8eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88173,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE260

secondary

#423BAB

accent

#14D120

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE260

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

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