#DAE599#DAE599

#DAE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.098 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE599
RGB	rgb(218, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -15.49, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 39.10, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0417 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.098 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.6826, 73.2445, 40.9663)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE599 #A499E5

analogous

#E5CA99 #DAE599 #B4E599

triadic

#DAE599 #99DAE5 #E599DA

tetradic

#DAE599 #99E5CA #A499E5 #E599B4

square

#DAE599 #99E5CA #A499E5 #E599B4

split-complementary

#DAE599 #99B4E5 #CA99E5

monochromatic

#B7CC37 #C8D968 #DAE599 #ECF1CA #F6F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#DAE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE599

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE599	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.098 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6edb7',
    500: '#dae599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae599;
$custom-light: #e6edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.684,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89595,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE599

secondary

#7163BF

accent

#1EC737

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE599

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

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