#DAE65C#DAE65C

#DAE65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.160 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE65C
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -21.84, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 67.63, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0648 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.16 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1434, 72.2728, 20.9576)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE65C #685CE6

analogous

#E6AD5C #DAE65C #95E65C

triadic

#DAE65C #5CDAE6 #E65CDA

tetradic

#DAE65C #5CE6AD #685CE6 #E65C95

square

#DAE65C #5CE6AD #685CE6 #E65C95

split-complementary

#DAE65C #5C95E6 #AD5CE6

monochromatic

#A0AD1B #CEDE27 #DAE65C #E6EE91 #F2F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#DAE65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE65C

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE65C	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)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.160 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed90',
    500: '#dae65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae65c;
$custom-light: #e8ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88987,
    "c": 0.16037,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE65C

secondary

#4238AE

accent

#10D621

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE65C

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

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