#DAE697#DAE697

#DAE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.102 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE697
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 34.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -16.23, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 40.60, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0439 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.102 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7963, 73.7340, 40.1961)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE697 #A397E6

analogous

#E6CB97 #DAE697 #B3E697

triadic

#DAE697 #97DAE6 #E697DA

tetradic

#DAE697 #97E6CB #A397E6 #E697B3

square

#DAE697 #97E6CB #A397E6 #E697B3

split-complementary

#DAE697 #97B3E6 #CB97E6

monochromatic

#B7CE34 #C8DA66 #DAE697 #ECF2C8 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#DAE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE697

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE697	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.102 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6edb6',
    500: '#dae697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae697;
$custom-light: #e6edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.114,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8977,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE697

secondary

#7061C0

accent

#1DC937

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE697

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

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