#DAE951#DAE951

#DAE951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.172 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE951
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -23.98, 69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 73.22, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0719 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.172 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5391, 73.7783, 18.8872)
Luminance	0.7378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE951 #6051E9

analogous

#E9AC51 #DAE951 #8EE951

triadic

#DAE951 #51DAE9 #E951DA

tetradic

#DAE951 #51E9AC #6051E9 #E9518E

square

#DAE951 #51E9AC #6051E9 #E9518E

split-complementary

#DAE951 #518EE9 #AC51E9

monochromatic

#9BAA16 #CDE01C #DAE951 #E6F087 #F1F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#DAE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE951

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE951	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.172 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef89',
    500: '#dae951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae951;
$custom-light: #e9ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.921,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89535,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE951

secondary

#3F33AB

accent

#0CDA20

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE951

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

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