#DAE659#DAE659

#DAE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.163 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE659
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -22.04, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 68.84, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0657 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.163 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0149, 72.2214, 20.2806)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE659 #6559E6

analogous

#E6AB59 #DAE659 #94E659

triadic

#DAE659 #59DAE6 #E659DA

tetradic

#DAE659 #59E6AB #6559E6 #E65994

square

#DAE659 #59E6AB #6559E6 #E65994

split-complementary

#DAE659 #5994E6 #AB59E6

monochromatic

#9FAB1A #CEDE24 #DAE659 #E6EE8E #F2F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#DAE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE659

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE659	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)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.163 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8e',
    500: '#dae659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae659;
$custom-light: #e8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8896,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE659

secondary

#4137AC

accent

#10D620

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE659

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

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