#DEB157#DEB157

#DEB157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.120 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB157
RGB	rgb(222, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 6.40, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 51.73, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0152 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.12 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5691, 47.6650, 15.7097)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB157 #5784DE

analogous

#DE6D57 #DEB157 #C7DE57

triadic

#DEB157 #57DEB1 #B157DE

tetradic

#DEB157 #57DE6D #5784DE #DE57C7

square

#DEB157 #57DE6D #5784DE #DE57C7

split-complementary

#DEB157 #57C7DE #6D57DE

monochromatic

#9C721F #CF9829 #DEB157 #E8C98A #F2E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#DEB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB157

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB157	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.120 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc889',
    500: '#deb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb157;
$custom-light: #ecc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78354,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB157

secondary

#AFC0E2

accent

#54CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB157

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

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