#DAE561#DAE561

#DAE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.155 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE561
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -21.00, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 65.12, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.062 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.155 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0918, 71.8082, 22.0544)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE561 #6C61E5

analogous

#E5AE61 #DAE561 #98E561

triadic

#DAE561 #61DAE5 #E561DA

tetradic

#DAE561 #61E5AE #6C61E5 #E56198

square

#DAE561 #61E5AE #6C61E5 #E56198

split-complementary

#DAE561 #6198E5 #AE61E5

monochromatic

#A3AF1D #CEDC2C #DAE561 #E6EE96 #F3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DAE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#DAE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE561

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE561	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.155 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed93',
    500: '#dae561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae561;
$custom-light: #e8ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88822,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE561

secondary

#443AB0

accent

#12D422

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE561

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

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