#DAE978#DAE978

#DAE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.139 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE978
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -21.02, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 56.82, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0598 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.139 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4434, 74.5401, 28.9165)
Luminance	0.7454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE978 #8778E9

analogous

#E9C078 #DAE978 #A2E978

triadic

#DAE978 #78DAE9 #E978DA

tetradic

#DAE978 #78E9C0 #8778E9 #E978A2

square

#DAE978 #78E9C0 #8778E9 #E978A2

split-complementary

#DAE978 #78A2E9 #C078E9

monochromatic

#B0C620 #CCE043 #DAE978 #E8F2AD #F7FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DAE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#DAE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE978

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE978	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.139 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f0a1',
    500: '#dae978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae978;
$custom-light: #e7f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.965,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89939,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE978

secondary

#5544C1

accent

#11D42B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE978

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

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