#DEB159#DEB159

#DEB159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB159
RGB	rgb(222, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 6.54, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 50.83, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.0159 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.118 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6520, 47.6981, 16.1460)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB159 #5986DE

analogous

#DE6E59 #DEB159 #C8DE59

triadic

#DEB159 #59DEB1 #B159DE

tetradic

#DEB159 #59DE6E #5986DE #DE59C8

square

#DEB159 #59DE6E #5986DE #DE59C8

split-complementary

#DEB159 #59C8DE #6E59DE

monochromatic

#9D731F #D09829 #DEB159 #E8C98C #F2E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DEB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB159

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB159	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc88b',
    500: '#deb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb159;
$custom-light: #ecc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78377,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB159

secondary

#B0C1E2

accent

#55CF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB159

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

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