#DAE94E#DAE94E
#DAE94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.174 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAE94E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 233, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 66.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.80, -24.16, 70.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.80, 74.33, 108.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.51% -0.0727 0.158) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.51% 0.174 114.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.4290, 73.7343, 18.3078) |
| Luminance | 0.7373 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 2.57
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.61
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 5.81
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 5.86
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.96
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAE94E #5D4EE9
analogous
#E9AA4E #DAE94E #8DE94E
triadic
#DAE94E #4EDAE9 #E94EDA
tetradic
#DAE94E #4EE9AA #5D4EE9 #E94E8D
square
#DAE94E #4EE9AA #5D4EE9 #E94E8D
split-complementary
#DAE94E #4E8DE9 #AA4EE9
monochromatic
#9AA815 #CBDE1C #DAE94E #E5F084 #F1F7BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#DAE94E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.75
#DAE94E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAE94E
15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAE94E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAE94E | 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)
#F9DE37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E059
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8DCCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dae94e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.174 114.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9ef88',
500: '#dae94e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dae94e; $custom-light: #e9ef88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dae94e",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 233,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.806,
"s": 77.889,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89512,
"c": 0.17392,
"h": 114.7
},
"luminance": 0.73733
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAE94E
secondary
#3D32A9
accent
#0BDA1F
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F