#DAE851#DAE851

#DAE851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.171 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE851
RGB	rgb(218, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -23.51, 68.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 72.80, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0706 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.171 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2568, 73.2138, 18.7931)
Luminance	0.7321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE851 #5F51E8

analogous

#E8AB51 #DAE851 #8FE851

triadic

#DAE851 #51DAE8 #E851DA

tetradic

#DAE851 #51E8AB #5F51E8 #E8518F

square

#DAE851 #51E8AB #5F51E8 #E8518F

split-complementary

#DAE851 #518FE8 #AB51E8

monochromatic

#9BA816 #CDDE1D #DAE851 #E5EF87 #F1F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#DAE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE851

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE851	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.171 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef89',
    500: '#dae851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae851;
$custom-light: #e9ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.563,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8932,
    "c": 0.17078,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE851

secondary

#3E33AA

accent

#0DD920

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE851

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

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