#DAE856#DAE856

#DAE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.167 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE856
RGB	rgb(218, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -23.20, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 70.88, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0693 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.167 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4512, 73.2916, 19.8172)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE856 #6456E8

analogous

#E8AD56 #DAE856 #91E856

triadic

#DAE856 #56DAE8 #E856DA

tetradic

#DAE856 #56E8AD #6456E8 #E85691

square

#DAE856 #56E8AD #6456E8 #E85691

split-complementary

#DAE856 #5691E8 #AD56E8

monochromatic

#9EAC17 #CEE120 #DAE856 #E6EF8C #F2F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DAE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE856

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE856	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)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.167 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8c',
    500: '#dae856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae856;
$custom-light: #e8ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89362,
    "c": 0.16718,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE856

secondary

#4035AD

accent

#0DD821

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE856

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

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