#DAE699#DAE699

#DAE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.100 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE699
RGB	rgb(218, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(69, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -15.98, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 39.61, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0431 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.1 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9601, 73.7995, 41.0588)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE699 #A599E6

analogous

#E6CC99 #DAE699 #B3E699

triadic

#DAE699 #99DAE6 #E699DA

tetradic

#DAE699 #99E6CC #A599E6 #E699B3

square

#DAE699 #99E6CC #A599E6 #E699B3

split-complementary

#DAE699 #99B3E6 #CC99E6

monochromatic

#B6CE37 #C8DA68 #DAE699 #ECF2CA #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DAE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE699

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE699	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.100 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6edb8',
    500: '#dae699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae699;
$custom-light: #e6edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.351,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89805,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE699

secondary

#7263C0

accent

#1DC838

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE699

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

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