#DAE456#DAE456

#DAE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.163 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE456
RGB	rgb(218, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -21.27, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 69.20, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0638 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.163 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.3381, 71.0653, 19.4461)
Luminance	0.7106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE456 #6056E4

analogous

#E4A756 #DAE456 #93E456

triadic

#DAE456 #56DAE4 #E456DA

tetradic

#DAE456 #56E4A7 #6056E4 #E45693

square

#DAE456 #56E4A7 #6056E4 #E45693

split-complementary

#DAE456 #5693E4 #A756E4

monochromatic

#9BA51A #CDDA23 #DAE456 #E6EC8B #F1F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DAE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#DAE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE456

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE456	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.163 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8c',
    500: '#dae456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae456;
$custom-light: #e8ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88505,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE456

secondary

#3F37A7

accent

#11D51F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE456

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

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