#DAE957#DAE957

#DAE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.168 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE957
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -23.61, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 70.92, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0703 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.168 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7741, 73.8724, 20.1249)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE957 #6657E9

analogous

#E9AF57 #DAE957 #91E957

triadic

#DAE957 #57DAE9 #E957DA

tetradic

#DAE957 #57E9AF #6657E9 #E95791

square

#DAE957 #57E9AF #6657E9 #E95791

split-complementary

#DAE957 #5791E9 #AF57E9

monochromatic

#9FAF17 #CEE221 #DAE957 #E6F08D #F2F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#DAE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE957

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE957	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)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.168 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef8d',
    500: '#dae957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae957;
$custom-light: #e8ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89585,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE957

secondary

#4135AF

accent

#0CD921

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE957

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

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