#dae85a

Color #dae85a

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 19.34 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#dae85a

RGB

rgb(218, 232, 90)

HSL

hsl(65.9, 75.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.9, 61.2%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(6%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)

LAB

lab(88.62, -22.94, 65.39)

LCH

lch(88.62, 69.3, 109.33)

OKLCH

oklch(89.4%, 0.1642, 114.5)

HWB

hwb(65.9, 35.3%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#685ae8

Analogous

#e8af5a

#dae85a

#93e85a

Triadic

#dae85a

#5adae8

#e85ada

Split-complementary

#dae85a

#5a93e8

#af5ae8

Tetradic

#dae85a

#5ae868

#685ae8

#e85ada

Square

#dae85a

#5ae8af

#685ae8

#e85a93

Shades

Color #dae85a mixed toward black.

#cfe12b

#acbc1a

#818d14

#565e0d

#2b2f07

Tints

Color #dae85a mixed toward white.

#e0ec75

#e6f091

#ecf3ac

#f3f7c8

#f9fbe3

Tones

Color #dae85a mixed toward gray.

#d0dc66

#c7d072

#bdc47d

#b4b989

#aaad95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e0e08f · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#dfde98 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#dbabb1 · ΔE 43.5

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 27.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dae85a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dae85a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dae85a (#dae85a) is rgb(218, 232, 90) in RGB.

No, #dae85a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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