#DAE979#DAE979

#DAE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.138 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE979
RGB	rgb(218, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -20.93, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 56.36, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0594 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.138 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5044, 74.5645, 29.2378)
Luminance	0.7456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE979 #8879E9

analogous

#E9C079 #DAE979 #A2E979

triadic

#DAE979 #79DAE9 #E979DA

tetradic

#DAE979 #79E9C0 #8879E9 #E979A2

square

#DAE979 #79E9C0 #8879E9 #E979A2

split-complementary

#DAE979 #79A2E9 #C079E9

monochromatic

#B1C721 #CBE044 #DAE979 #E9F2AE #F7FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#DAE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#DAE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE979

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE979	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)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.138 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7f0a2',
    500: '#dae979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae979;
$custom-light: #e7f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.036,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89952,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE979

secondary

#5645C1

accent

#12D42C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#16160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE979

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

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