#DAE656#DAE656

#DAE656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.165 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE656
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -22.24, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 70.04, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0666 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.165 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8915, 72.1720, 19.6306)
Luminance	0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE656 #6256E6

analogous

#E6AA56 #DAE656 #92E656

triadic

#DAE656 #56DAE6 #E656DA

tetradic

#DAE656 #56E6AA #6256E6 #E65692

square

#DAE656 #56E6AA #6256E6 #E65692

split-complementary

#DAE656 #5692E6 #AA56E6

monochromatic

#9DA919 #CEDE21 #DAE656 #E6EE8B #F1F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#DAE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE656

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE656	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.165 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8c',
    500: '#dae656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae656;
$custom-light: #e8ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88933,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE656

secondary

#4036AA

accent

#0FD620

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE656

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

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