#DAE459#DAE459

#DAE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.161 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE459
RGB	rgb(218, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -21.08, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 68.00, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.063 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.161 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4615, 71.1147, 20.0961)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE459 #6359E4

analogous

#E4A959 #DAE459 #94E459

triadic

#DAE459 #59DAE4 #E459DA

tetradic

#DAE459 #59E4A9 #6359E4 #E45994

square

#DAE459 #59E4A9 #6359E4 #E45994

split-complementary

#DAE459 #5994E4 #A959E4

monochromatic

#9DA71B #CEDB24 #DAE459 #E6ED8E #F1F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DAE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#DAE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE459

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE459	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.161 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec8e',
    500: '#dae459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae459;
$custom-light: #e8ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88532,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE459

secondary

#4038A9

accent

#11D41F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE459

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

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