#DAE559#DAE559

#DAE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.162 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE559
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -21.56, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 68.42, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0643 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.162 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.7374, 71.6664, 20.1881)
Luminance	0.7167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE559 #6459E5

analogous

#E5AA59 #DAE559 #94E559

triadic

#DAE559 #59DAE5 #E559DA

tetradic

#DAE559 #59E5AA #6459E5 #E55994

square

#DAE559 #59E5AA #6459E5 #E55994

split-complementary

#DAE559 #5994E5 #AA59E5

monochromatic

#9EA91A #CEDD24 #DAE559 #E6ED8E #F2F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DAE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#DAE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE559

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE559	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.162 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8e',
    500: '#dae559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae559;
$custom-light: #e8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88746,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE559

secondary

#4037AB

accent

#10D520

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE559

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

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