#DEB161#DEB161

#DEB161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB161
RGB	rgb(222, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 7.14, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 47.17, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0187 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.111 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0063, 47.8399, 18.0124)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB161 #618EDE

analogous

#DE7261 #DEB161 #CCDE61

triadic

#DEB161 #61DEB1 #B161DE

tetradic

#DEB161 #61DE72 #618EDE #DE61CC

square

#DEB161 #61DE72 #618EDE #DE61CC

split-complementary

#DEB161 #61CCDE #7261DE

monochromatic

#A37422 #D3982E #DEB161 #E9CA94 #F3E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DEB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB161

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB161	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc890',
    500: '#deb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb161;
$custom-light: #ebc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB161

secondary

#B7C7E4

accent

#59CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB161

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

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