#DAE759#DAE759

#DAE759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.164 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE759
RGB	rgb(218, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -22.52, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 69.27, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0671 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.164 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2939, 72.7796, 20.3736)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE759 #6659E7

analogous

#E7AD59 #DAE759 #93E759

triadic

#DAE759 #59DAE7 #E759DA

tetradic

#DAE759 #59E7AD #6659E7 #E75993

square

#DAE759 #59E7AD #6659E7 #E75993

split-complementary

#DAE759 #5993E7 #AD59E7

monochromatic

#9FAD19 #CEDF24 #DAE759 #E6EF8E #F2F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#DAE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE759

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE759	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.164 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ee8e',
    500: '#dae759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae759;
$custom-light: #e8ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89174,
    "c": 0.16382,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE759

secondary

#4136AE

accent

#0FD721

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE759

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

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