#DAE85A#DAE85A

#DAE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.164 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE85A
RGB	rgb(218, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -22.94, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 69.30, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0681 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.164 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.6169, 73.3578, 20.6898)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE85A #685AE8

analogous

#E8AF5A #DAE85A #93E85A

triadic

#DAE85A #5ADAE8 #E85ADA

tetradic

#DAE85A #5AE8AF #685AE8 #E85A93

square

#DAE85A #5AE8AF #685AE8 #E85A93

split-complementary

#DAE85A #5A93E8 #AF5AE8

monochromatic

#A0AF18 #CEE124 #DAE85A #E6EF90 #F2F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#DAE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#DAE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE85A

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE85A	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)

#F8DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.164 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8f',
    500: '#dae85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae85a;
$custom-light: #e8ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.915,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89397,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE85A

secondary

#4236B0

accent

#0ED822

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE85A

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

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