#DAE960#DAE960

#DAE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.161 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE960
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -23.00, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 67.29, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0677 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.161 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.1650, 74.0287, 22.1836)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE960 #6F60E9

analogous

#E9B360 #DAE960 #96E960

triadic

#DAE960 #60DAE9 #E960DA

tetradic

#DAE960 #60E9B3 #6F60E9 #E96096

square

#DAE960 #60E9B3 #6F60E9 #E96096

split-complementary

#DAE960 #6096E9 #B360E9

monochromatic

#A4B519 #CDE22A #DAE960 #E7F096 #F3F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#DAE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#DAE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE960

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE960	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.161 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ef92',
    500: '#dae960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae960;
$custom-light: #e8ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.569,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89668,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE960

secondary

#4638B5

accent

#0ED824

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE960

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

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