#DAE696#DAE696

#DAE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.103 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE696
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -16.35, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 41.09, 113.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0443 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.103 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7154, 73.7016, 39.7702)
Luminance	0.7370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE696 #A296E6

analogous

#E6CA96 #DAE696 #B2E696

triadic

#DAE696 #96DAE6 #E696DA

tetradic

#DAE696 #96E6CA #A296E6 #E696B2

square

#DAE696 #96E6CA #A296E6 #E696B2

split-complementary

#DAE696 #96B2E6 #CA96E6

monochromatic

#B7CE33 #C9DA65 #DAE696 #EBF2C7 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#DAE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE696

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE696	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.103 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6edb5',
    500: '#dae696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae696;
$custom-light: #e6edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89753,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE696

secondary

#6F60C0

accent

#1CC936

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE696

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

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