#DAE65D#DAE65D

#DAE65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.160 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE65D
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -21.77, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 67.22, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0645 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.16 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.1874, 72.2904, 21.1893)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE65D #695DE6

analogous

#E6AD5D #DAE65D #96E65D

triadic

#DAE65D #5DDAE6 #E65DDA

tetradic

#DAE65D #5DE6AD #695DE6 #E65D96

square

#DAE65D #5DE6AD #695DE6 #E65D96

split-complementary

#DAE65D #5D96E6 #AD5DE6

monochromatic

#A1AE1B #CEDE28 #DAE65D #E6EE92 #F2F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DAE65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE65D

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE65D	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.160 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed90',
    500: '#dae65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae65d;
$custom-light: #e8ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88997,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE65D

secondary

#4338AF

accent

#10D521

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE65D

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

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