#DAE661#DAE661

#DAE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.156 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE661
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -21.48, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 65.56, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0633 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.156 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3692, 72.3632, 22.1469)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE661 #6D61E6

analogous

#E6B061 #DAE661 #97E661

triadic

#DAE661 #61DAE6 #E661DA

tetradic

#DAE661 #61E6B0 #6D61E6 #E66197

square

#DAE661 #61E6B0 #6D61E6 #E66197

split-complementary

#DAE661 #6197E6 #B061E6

monochromatic

#A3B11C #CEDE2C #DAE661 #E6EE96 #F3F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DAE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#DAE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE661

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE661	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)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.156 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed93',
    500: '#dae661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae661;
$custom-light: #e8ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89036,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE661

secondary

#453AB1

accent

#11D522

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE661

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

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