#DAE756#DAE756

#DAE756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.166 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE756
RGB	rgb(218, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -22.72, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 70.46, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0679 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.166 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1705, 72.7302, 19.7236)
Luminance	0.7273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE756 #6356E7

analogous

#E7AB56 #DAE756 #92E756

triadic

#DAE756 #56DAE7 #E756DA

tetradic

#DAE756 #56E7AB #6356E7 #E75692

square

#DAE756 #56E7AB #6356E7 #E75692

split-complementary

#DAE756 #5692E7 #AB56E7

monochromatic

#9DAA18 #CEDF20 #DAE756 #E6EF8C #F1F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#DAE756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE756

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE756	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.166 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ee8c',
    500: '#dae756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae756;
$custom-light: #e8ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89147,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE756

secondary

#4035AC

accent

#0ED720

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE756

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

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