Palettes / Colors / #DAEC02

#DAEC02 — Vivid Yellow

#DAEC02 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #DAEC02 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DAEC02 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1602ED; it also sits naturally between #ED8B02 and #64ED02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 93% · Blue 1%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DAEC02

.text { color: #DAEC02; }
.background { background-color: #DAEC02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAEC02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 236, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAEC02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 236, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAEC02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 236, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DAEC02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DAEC02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DAEC02

Tints of #DAEC02

Tones of #DAEC02

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1602ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DAEC02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAEC02

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DAEC02 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DAEC02 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAEC01  ·  #DAEC03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAEC02?

#DAEC02 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 218, 236, 2). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAEC02?

#DAEC02 is RGB 218, 236, 2 — HSL 65°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 99%, 7%.

What colors go with #DAEC02?

Its complement is #1602ED; analogous partners are #ED8B02 and #64ED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAEC02 for text?

Black text on #DAEC02 has a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.