#DAE65E#DAE65E

#DAE65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.159 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE65E
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -21.70, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 66.81, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0642 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.159 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.2320, 72.3083, 21.4241)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE65E #6A5EE6

analogous

#E6AE5E #DAE65E #96E65E

triadic

#DAE65E #5EDAE6 #E65EDA

tetradic

#DAE65E #5EE6AE #6A5EE6 #E65E96

square

#DAE65E #5EE6AE #6A5EE6 #E65E96

split-complementary

#DAE65E #5E96E6 #AE5EE6

monochromatic

#A1AF1B #CEDE29 #DAE65E #E6EE93 #F2F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#DAE65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE65E

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE65E	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)

#F5DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed91',
    500: '#dae65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae65e;
$custom-light: #e8ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89006,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE65E

secondary

#4339B0

accent

#10D522

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE65E

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

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