#DAE86E#DAE86E
#DAE86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.147 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAE86E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 232, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.80, -21.42, 56.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.80, 60.84, 110.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.6% -0.0619 0.1336) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.6% 0.147 114.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.5856, 73.7453, 25.7915) |
| Luminance | 0.7374 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.71
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.75
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 6.03
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 6.16
Faded Yellow
#FEFF7F
ΔE00 6.16
Pale Yellow
#FFFF84
ΔE00 6.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAE86E #7C6EE8
analogous
#E8B96E #DAE86E #9DE86E
triadic
#DAE86E #6EDAE8 #E86EDA
tetradic
#DAE86E #6EE8B9 #7C6EE8 #E86E9D
square
#DAE86E #6EE8B9 #7C6EE8 #E86E9D
split-complementary
#DAE86E #6E9DE8 #B96EE8
monochromatic
#ABBE1E #CDE039 #DAE86E #E7F0A3 #F5F9D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#DAE86E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.75
#DAE86E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAE86E
15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAE86E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAE86E | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.75 | 15.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DE62
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5E075
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E6DCCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dae86e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 232, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.147 114.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8ef9b',
500: '#dae86e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dae86e; $custom-light: #e8ef9b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dae86e",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 232,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.885,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89603,
"c": 0.14723,
"h": 114.9
},
"luminance": 0.73744
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAE86E
secondary
#4C3EBD
accent
#11D527
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FDFEF5
border
#D5D6CF
text
#16160E
muted
#84857F