#DAE972#DAE972

#DAE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.145 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE972
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(68, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -21.56, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 59.53, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0619 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.145 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0906, 74.3990, 27.0585)
Luminance	0.7440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE972 #8172E9

analogous

#E9BC72 #DAE972 #9EE972

triadic

#DAE972 #72DAE9 #E972DA

tetradic

#DAE972 #72E9BC #8172E9 #E9729E

square

#DAE972 #72E9BC #8172E9 #E9729E

split-complementary

#DAE972 #729EE9 #BC72E9

monochromatic

#AEC21E #CCE13D #DAE972 #E8F1A7 #F6FADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DAE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#DAE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE972

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE972	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.145 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f09d',
    500: '#dae972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae972;
$custom-light: #e7f09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.563,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89864,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE972

secondary

#4F3EC1

accent

#10D529

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE972

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

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