#DAE591#DAE591

#DAE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.107 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE591
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 36.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -16.45, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 43.02, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0449 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.107 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0439, 72.9890, 37.6024)
Luminance	0.7299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE591 #9C91E5

analogous

#E5C691 #DAE591 #B0E591

triadic

#DAE591 #91DAE5 #E591DA

tetradic

#DAE591 #91E5C6 #9C91E5 #E591B0

square

#DAE591 #91E5C6 #9C91E5 #E591B0

split-complementary

#DAE591 #91B0E5 #C691E5

monochromatic

#B7CB30 #C9D95F #DAE591 #EBF1C2 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#DAE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE591

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE591	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.107 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6edb2',
    500: '#dae591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae591;
$custom-light: #e6edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89458,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE591

secondary

#695CBE

accent

#1CC933

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE591

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

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