#DAE342#DAE342

#DAE342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.175 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE342
RGB	rgb(218, 227, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -21.90, 72.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 76.15, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0675 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.175 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3677, 70.2382, 15.6885)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE342 #4B42E3

analogous

#E39C42 #DAE342 #8AE342

triadic

#DAE342 #42DAE3 #E342DA

tetradic

#DAE342 #42E39C #4B42E3 #E3428A

square

#DAE342 #42E39C #4B42E3 #E3428A

split-complementary

#DAE342 #428AE3 #9C42E3

monochromatic

#8E9516 #C0CA1E #DAE342 #E4EB77 #EFF3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DAE342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#DAE342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE342

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE342	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)

#F4D824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 227, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.175 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9eb81',
    500: '#dae342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae342;
$custom-light: #e9eb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.354,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88139,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE342

secondary

#363099

accent

#37F141

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFDF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE342

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

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