#DAE451#DAE451

#DAE451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.166 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE451
RGB	rgb(218, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -21.58, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 71.15, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0652 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.166 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1436, 70.9875, 18.4220)
Luminance	0.7099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE451 #5B51E4

analogous

#E4A551 #DAE451 #90E451

triadic

#DAE451 #51DAE4 #E451DA

tetradic

#DAE451 #51E4A5 #5B51E4 #E45190

square

#DAE451 #51E4A5 #5B51E4 #E45190

split-complementary

#DAE451 #5190E4 #A551E4

monochromatic

#98A219 #CAD721 #DAE451 #E5EC86 #F1F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DAE451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#DAE451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE451

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE451	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.166 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ec89',
    500: '#dae451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae451;
$custom-light: #e9ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.082,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88463,
    "c": 0.16647,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE451

secondary

#3D35A4

accent

#10D51E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE451

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

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