#DAE557#DAE557

#DAE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.163 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE557
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -21.69, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 69.22, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0649 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.163 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6545, 71.6333, 19.7518)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE557 #6257E5

analogous

#E5A957 #DAE557 #93E557

triadic

#DAE557 #57DAE5 #E557DA

tetradic

#DAE557 #57E5A9 #6257E5 #E55793

square

#DAE557 #57E5A9 #6257E5 #E55793

split-complementary

#DAE557 #5793E5 #A957E5

monochromatic

#9DA81A #CEDD22 #DAE557 #E6ED8C #F1F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DAE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#DAE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE557

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE557	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.163 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8d',
    500: '#dae557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae557;
$custom-light: #e8ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.648,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88728,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE557

secondary

#4037AA

accent

#10D51F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE557

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

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