#DAE596#DAE596

#DAE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.102 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE596
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -15.86, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 40.58, 113.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0429 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.102 115)
XYZ	xyz(62.4379, 73.1467, 39.6777)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE596 #A196E5

analogous

#E5C896 #DAE596 #B3E596

triadic

#DAE596 #96DAE5 #E596DA

tetradic

#DAE596 #96E5C8 #A196E5 #E596B3

square

#DAE596 #96E5C8 #A196E5 #E596B3

split-complementary

#DAE596 #96B3E5 #C896E5

monochromatic

#B7CD34 #C9D965 #DAE596 #EBF1C7 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#DAE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE596

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE596	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.102 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6edb5',
    500: '#dae596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae596;
$custom-light: #e6edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.354,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89543,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.73146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE596

secondary

#6E61BF

accent

#1EC835

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE596

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

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