#DAE651#DAE651

#DAE651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.169 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE651
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -22.55, 68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 71.97, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0679 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.169 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6970, 72.0943, 18.6065)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE651 #5D51E6

analogous

#E6A751 #DAE651 #8FE651

triadic

#DAE651 #51DAE6 #E651DA

tetradic

#DAE651 #51E6A7 #5D51E6 #E6518F

square

#DAE651 #51E6A7 #5D51E6 #E6518F

split-complementary

#DAE651 #518FE6 #A751E6

monochromatic

#9AA518 #CBDA1F #DAE651 #E5EE87 #F1F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#DAE651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE651

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE651	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.169 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ed89',
    500: '#dae651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae651;
$custom-light: #e9ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.832,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88891,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE651

secondary

#3D34A7

accent

#0ED71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE651

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

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