#DAE860#DAE860
#DAE860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.159 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAE860 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 232, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.67, -22.52, 62.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.67, 66.85, 109.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.45% -0.0664 0.1449) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.45% 0.159 114.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.8827, 73.4641, 22.0895) |
| Luminance | 0.7346 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.15
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.82
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 5.84
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 5.91
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 6.02
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 6.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAE860 #6E60E8
analogous
#E8B260 #DAE860 #96E860
triadic
#DAE860 #60DAE8 #E860DA
tetradic
#DAE860 #60E8B2 #6E60E8 #E86096
square
#DAE860 #60E8B2 #6E60E8 #E86096
split-complementary
#DAE860 #6096E8 #B260E8
monochromatic
#A4B41A #CEE02B #DAE860 #E6F095 #F3F7CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#DAE860 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.69
#DAE860 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAE860
15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAE860 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAE860 | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.69 | 15.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DD51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E068
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E7DCCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dae860; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.159 114.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8ef92',
500: '#dae860',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dae860; $custom-light: #e8ef92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dae860",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 232,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.176,
"s": 74.725,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89454,
"c": 0.1594,
"h": 114.6
},
"luminance": 0.73463
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAE860
secondary
#4538B4
accent
#0FD723
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#16160D
muted
#85857F