#DAE462#DAE462

#DAE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.153 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE462
RGB	rgb(218, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -20.44, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 64.26, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0603 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.153 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8628, 71.2752, 22.2096)
Luminance	0.7127 (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

#DAE462 #6C62E4

analogous

#E4AD62 #DAE462 #99E462

triadic

#DAE462 #62DAE4 #E462DA

tetradic

#DAE462 #62E4AD #6C62E4 #E46299

square

#DAE462 #62E4AD #6C62E4 #E46299

split-complementary

#DAE462 #6299E4 #AD62E4

monochromatic

#A3AE1E #CEDB2E #DAE462 #E6ED96 #F3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DAE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#DAE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE462

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE462	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)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.153 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ec93',
    500: '#dae462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae462;
$custom-light: #e8ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88619,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE462

secondary

#443BAF

accent

#13D322

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE462

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

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