#DAE859#DAE859

#DAE859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.165 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE859
RGB	rgb(218, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -23.00, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 69.70, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0684 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.165 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5746, 73.3409, 20.4671)
Luminance	0.7334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE859 #6759E8

analogous

#E8AE59 #DAE859 #92E859

triadic

#DAE859 #59DAE8 #E859DA

tetradic

#DAE859 #59E8AE #6759E8 #E85992

square

#DAE859 #59E8AE #6759E8 #E85992

split-complementary

#DAE859 #5992E8 #AE59E8

monochromatic

#A0AE18 #CEE123 #DAE859 #E6EF8F #F2F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#DAE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE859

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE859	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.165 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8e',
    500: '#dae859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae859;
$custom-light: #e8ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.874,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89388,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE859

secondary

#4236AF

accent

#0ED821

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE859

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

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