#DAE66A#DAE66A

#DAE66A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.149 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE66A
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 106)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -20.79, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 61.69, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0605 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.149 114)
XYZ	xyz(59.8129, 72.5406, 24.4837)
Luminance	0.7254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE66A #766AE6

analogous

#E6B46A #DAE66A #9CE66A

triadic

#DAE66A #6ADAE6 #E66ADA

tetradic

#DAE66A #6AE6B4 #766AE6 #E66A9C

square

#DAE66A #6AE6B4 #766AE6 #E66A9C

split-complementary

#DAE66A #6A9CE6 #B46AE6

monochromatic

#A8B71F #CDDD36 #DAE66A #E7EF9E #F4F8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#DAE66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE66A

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE66A	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.149 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed98',
    500: '#dae66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae66a;
$custom-light: #e8ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89131,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.7254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE66A

secondary

#493DB7

accent

#12D325

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE66A

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

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