#DAFA57#DAFA57

#DAFA57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.187 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAFA57
RGB	rgb(218, 250, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 65.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.44, -31.59, 71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.44, 78.32, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(93.26% -0.0926 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(93.26% 0.187 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.8204, 83.9651, 21.8070)
Luminance	0.8397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAFA57 #7757FA

analogous

#FAC857 #DAFA57 #88FA57

triadic

#DAFA57 #57DAFA #FA57DA

tetradic

#DAFA57 #57FAC8 #7757FA #FA5788

square

#DAFA57 #57FAC8 #7757FA #FA5788

split-complementary

#DAFA57 #5788FA #C857FA

monochromatic

#A9D006 #CDF81C #DAFA57 #E7FC92 #F4FECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#DAFA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.79

#DAFA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAFA57

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAFA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAFA57	1.00	1.18	17.79	17.79
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6EDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dafa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 250, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.187 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9fc8e',
    500: '#dafa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dafa57;
$custom-light: #e9fc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dafa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.779,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93257,
    "c": 0.18675,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAFA57

secondary

#492ACB

accent

#00E62D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFFF4

border

#D6D7CE

text

#16170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAFA57

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

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