#DAE660#DAE660

#DAE660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.157 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE660
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 96)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -21.56, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 65.98, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0636 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.157 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3229, 72.3446, 21.9029)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE660 #6C60E6

analogous

#E6AF60 #DAE660 #97E660

triadic

#DAE660 #60DAE6 #E660DA

tetradic

#DAE660 #60E6AF #6C60E6 #E66097

square

#DAE660 #60E6AF #6C60E6 #E66097

split-complementary

#DAE660 #6097E6 #AF60E6

monochromatic

#A3B01C #CEDE2B #DAE660 #E6EE95 #F3F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DAE660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE660

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE660	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.157 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed92',
    500: '#dae660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae660;
$custom-light: #e8ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89026,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE660

secondary

#4439B1

accent

#11D522

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE660

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

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