#DEB16B#DEB16B

#DEB16B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.102 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB16B
RGB	rgb(222, 177, 107)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 7.97, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 42.53, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0223 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.102 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5023, 48.0383, 20.6247)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB16B #6B98DE

analogous

#DE786B #DEB16B #D1DE6B

triadic

#DEB16B #6BDEB1 #B16BDE

tetradic

#DEB16B #6BDE78 #6B98DE #DE6BD1

square

#DEB16B #6BDE78 #6B98DE #DE6BD1

split-complementary

#DEB16B #6BD1DE #786BDE

monochromatic

#A97626 #D39739 #DEB16B #E9CB9D #F4E6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#DEB16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB16B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB16B	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 177, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.102 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc897',
    500: '#deb16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb16b;
$custom-light: #ebc897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB16B

secondary

#BFCEE6

accent

#5FCB1A

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB16B

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

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