#DAE855#DAE855

#DAE855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.168 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE855
RGB	rgb(218, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -23.26, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 71.27, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0695 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.168 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4112, 73.2756, 19.6065)
Luminance	0.7328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE855 #6355E8

analogous

#E8AC55 #DAE855 #91E855

triadic

#DAE855 #55DAE8 #E855DA

tetradic

#DAE855 #55E8AC #6355E8 #E85591

square

#DAE855 #55E8AC #6355E8 #E85591

split-complementary

#DAE855 #5591E8 #AC55E8

monochromatic

#9DAB17 #CEE11F #DAE855 #E6EF8B #F1F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DAE855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE855

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE855	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.168 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef8c',
    500: '#dae855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae855;
$custom-light: #e9ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89353,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE855

secondary

#4035AD

accent

#0DD820

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE855

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

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