#DAE857#DAE857

#DAE857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.166 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE857
RGB	rgb(218, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -23.13, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 70.49, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.069 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.166 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.4918, 73.3078, 20.0308)
Luminance	0.7331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE857 #6557E8

analogous

#E8AD57 #DAE857 #92E857

triadic

#DAE857 #57DAE8 #E857DA

tetradic

#DAE857 #57E8AD #6557E8 #E85792

square

#DAE857 #57E8AD #6557E8 #E85792

split-complementary

#DAE857 #5792E8 #AD57E8

monochromatic

#9FAD18 #CEE121 #DAE857 #E6EF8D #F2F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#DAE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE857

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE857	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)

#F8DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.166 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8d',
    500: '#dae857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae857;
$custom-light: #e8ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8937,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE857

secondary

#4135AE

accent

#0DD821

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE857

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

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