#DAE551#DAE551

#DAE551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.168 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE551
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -22.06, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 71.56, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0666 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.168 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.4195, 71.5393, 18.5140)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE551 #5C51E5

analogous

#E5A651 #DAE551 #90E551

triadic

#DAE551 #51DAE5 #E551DA

tetradic

#DAE551 #51E5A6 #5C51E5 #E55190

square

#DAE551 #51E5A6 #5C51E5 #E55190

split-complementary

#DAE551 #5190E5 #A651E5

monochromatic

#99A318 #CBD820 #DAE551 #E5ED86 #F1F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DAE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#DAE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE551

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE551	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.168 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed89',
    500: '#dae551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae551;
$custom-light: #e9ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.459,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88677,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE551

secondary

#3D35A6

accent

#0FD61E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE551

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

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