#DAE461#DAE461

#DAE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.154 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE461
RGB	rgb(218, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -20.51, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 64.68, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0606 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.154 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8159, 71.2564, 21.9625)
Luminance	0.7126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE461 #6B61E4

analogous

#E4AC61 #DAE461 #98E461

triadic

#DAE461 #61DAE4 #E461DA

tetradic

#DAE461 #61E4AC #6B61E4 #E46198

square

#DAE461 #61E4AC #6B61E4 #E46198

split-complementary

#DAE461 #6198E4 #AC61E4

monochromatic

#A2AD1E #CEDB2D #DAE461 #E6ED95 #F2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DAE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#DAE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE461

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE461	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.154 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec92',
    500: '#dae461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae461;
$custom-light: #e8ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88609,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE461

secondary

#443BAE

accent

#13D321

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE461

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

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