#DAE65A#DAE65A

#DAE65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.162 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE65A
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -21.98, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 68.44, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0654 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.162 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0571, 72.2383, 20.5032)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE65A #665AE6

analogous

#E6AC5A #DAE65A #94E65A

triadic

#DAE65A #5ADAE6 #E65ADA

tetradic

#DAE65A #5AE6AC #665AE6 #E65A94

square

#DAE65A #5AE6AC #665AE6 #E65A94

split-complementary

#DAE65A #5A94E6 #AC5AE6

monochromatic

#9FAC1A #CEDE25 #DAE65A #E6EE8F #F2F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DAE65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE65A

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE65A	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.162 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8e',
    500: '#dae65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae65a;
$custom-light: #e8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88969,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE65A

secondary

#4137AD

accent

#10D621

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE65A

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

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