#DAE657#DAE657

#DAE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.164 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE657
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -22.17, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 69.64, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.94% -0.0663 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(88.94% 0.164 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.9320, 72.1883, 19.8442)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE657 #6357E6

analogous

#E6AB57 #DAE657 #93E657

triadic

#DAE657 #57DAE6 #E657DA

tetradic

#DAE657 #57E6AB #6357E6 #E65793

square

#DAE657 #57E6AB #6357E6 #E65793

split-complementary

#DAE657 #5793E6 #AB57E6

monochromatic

#9DA919 #CEDE22 #DAE657 #E6EE8C #F1F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DAE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE657

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE657	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.164 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8d',
    500: '#dae657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae657;
$custom-light: #e8ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88942,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE657

secondary

#4036AB

accent

#0FD620

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE657

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

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