#DAE66C#DAE66C

#DAE66C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.147 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE66C
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 108)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 53%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -20.62, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 60.81, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0598 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.147 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9182, 72.5827, 25.0379)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE66C #786CE6

analogous

#E6B56C #DAE66C #9DE66C

triadic

#DAE66C #6CDAE6 #E66CDA

tetradic

#DAE66C #6CE6B5 #786CE6 #E66C9D

square

#DAE66C #6CE6B5 #786CE6 #E66C9D

split-complementary

#DAE66C #6C9DE6 #B56CE6

monochromatic

#A9B81F #CDDD38 #DAE66C #E7EFA0 #F4F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE66C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#DAE66C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE66C

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE66C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE66C	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae66c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.147 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ed99',
    500: '#dae66c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae66c;
$custom-light: #e8ed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae66c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89154,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE66C

secondary

#4A3EB8

accent

#13D325

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE66C

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

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