#DAE761#DAE761

#DAE761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE761
RGB	rgb(218, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -21.97, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 66.00, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0647 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.157 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6483, 72.9213, 22.2400)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE761 #6E61E7

analogous

#E7B161 #DAE761 #97E761

triadic

#DAE761 #61DAE7 #E761DA

tetradic

#DAE761 #61E7B1 #6E61E7 #E76197

square

#DAE761 #61E7B1 #6E61E7 #E76197

split-complementary

#DAE761 #6197E7 #B161E7

monochromatic

#A4B21B #CEDF2C #DAE761 #E6EF96 #F3F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#DAE761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#DAE761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE761

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE761	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.157 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ee93',
    500: '#dae761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae761;
$custom-light: #e8ee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.821,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8925,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE761

secondary

#4539B3

accent

#10D623

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE761

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

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