#DAE955#DAE955

#DAE955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.169 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE955
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -23.74, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 71.70, 109.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0709 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.169 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.6935, 73.8401, 19.7005)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE955 #6455E9

analogous

#E9AE55 #DAE955 #90E955

triadic

#DAE955 #55DAE9 #E955DA

tetradic

#DAE955 #55E9AE #6455E9 #E95590

square

#DAE955 #55E9AE #6455E9 #E95590

split-complementary

#DAE955 #5590E9 #AE55E9

monochromatic

#9EAD16 #CEE21F #DAE955 #E6F08B #F2F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DAE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE955

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE955	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.169 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ef8c',
    500: '#dae955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae955;
$custom-light: #e9ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89568,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE955

secondary

#4034AE

accent

#0CD921

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE955

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

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