#DAE496#DAE496

#DAE496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.100 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE496
RGB	rgb(218, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -15.36, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 40.07, 112.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0415 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.1 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1621, 72.5949, 39.5858)
Luminance	0.7259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE496 #A096E4

analogous

#E4C796 #DAE496 #B3E496

triadic

#DAE496 #96DAE4 #E496DA

tetradic

#DAE496 #96E4C7 #A096E4 #E496B3

square

#DAE496 #96E4C7 #A096E4 #E496B3

split-complementary

#DAE496 #96B3E4 #C796E4

monochromatic

#B8CB35 #C9D765 #DAE496 #EBF1C7 #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#DAE496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE496

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE496	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.100 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ecb5',
    500: '#dae496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae496;
$custom-light: #e6ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89333,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE496

secondary

#6D61BD

accent

#1FC734

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE496

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

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