#DAE265#DAE265

#DAE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.148 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE265
RGB	rgb(218, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -19.24, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 62.10, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0566 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.148 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4601, 70.2389, 22.7873)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE265 #6D65E2

analogous

#E2AC65 #DAE265 #9CE265

triadic

#DAE265 #65DAE2 #E265DA

tetradic

#DAE265 #65E2AC #6D65E2 #E2659C

square

#DAE265 #65E2AC #6D65E2 #E2659C

split-complementary

#DAE265 #659CE2 #AC65E2

monochromatic

#A3AC20 #CED831 #DAE265 #E6EC99 #F3F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DAE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE265

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE265	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.148 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8eb95',
    500: '#dae265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae265;
$custom-light: #e8eb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88225,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE265

secondary

#453DAE

accent

#15D021

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE265

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

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