#DEAE51#DEAE51

#DEAE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.123 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAE51
RGB	rgb(222, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, 7.60, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 53.77, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0179 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.123 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7480, 46.3989, 14.2766)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAE51 #5181DE

analogous

#DE6751 #DEAE51 #C8DE51

triadic

#DEAE51 #51DEAE #AE51DE

tetradic

#DEAE51 #51DE67 #5181DE #DE51C8

square

#DEAE51 #51DE67 #5181DE #DE51C8

split-complementary

#DEAE51 #51C8DE #6751DE

monochromatic

#986E1D #CB9327 #DEAE51 #E8C684 #F2DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DEAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#DEAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAE51

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAE51	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.123 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc585',
    500: '#deae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deae51;
$custom-light: #ecc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77699,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAE51

secondary

#AABDE1

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAE51

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

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