#DAE44E#DAE44E
#DAE44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.169 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAE44E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 228, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.46, -21.76, 68.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.46, 72.28, 107.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.44% -0.066 0.1551) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.44% 0.169 113) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0336, 70.9435, 17.8426) |
| Luminance | 0.7094 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 2.86
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.79
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.70
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 5.89
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 6.17
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 6.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAE44E #584EE4
analogous
#E4A34E #DAE44E #8FE44E
triadic
#DAE44E #4EDAE4 #E44EDA
tetradic
#DAE44E #4EE4A3 #584EE4 #E44E8F
square
#DAE44E #4EE4A3 #584EE4 #E44E8F
split-complementary
#DAE44E #4E8FE4 #A34EE4
monochromatic
#969F18 #C8D420 #DAE44E #E5EC83 #F0F4B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.38
#DAE44E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.19
#DAE44E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAE44E
15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAE44E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAE44E | 1.00 | 1.38 | 15.19 | 15.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.38 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4DA38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F4DD59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8D7C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dae44e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.169 113.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9ec87',
500: '#dae44e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dae44e; $custom-light: #e9ec87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dae44e",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 228,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88439,
"c": 0.16857,
"h": 113
},
"luminance": 0.70942
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAE44E
secondary
#3B34A2
accent
#38F044
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#16160C
muted
#85847F