#DAE65B#DAE65B

#DAE65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE65B
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -21.91, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 68.04, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0651 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.161 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1000, 72.2555, 20.7289)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE65B #675BE6

analogous

#E6AC5B #DAE65B #94E65B

triadic

#DAE65B #5BDAE6 #E65BDA

tetradic

#DAE65B #5BE6AC #675BE6 #E65B94

square

#DAE65B #5BE6AC #675BE6 #E65B94

split-complementary

#DAE65B #5B94E6 #AC5BE6

monochromatic

#A0AC1A #CEDE26 #DAE65B #E6EE90 #F2F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DAE65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE65B

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE65B	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)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed8f',
    500: '#dae65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae65b;
$custom-light: #e8ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88978,
    "c": 0.16116,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE65B

secondary

#4238AE

accent

#10D621

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE65B

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

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