#DEB238#DEB238

#DEB238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.142 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB238
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 4.16, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 64.71, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.005 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.142 88)
XYZ	xyz(46.7612, 47.6590, 10.4768)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB238 #3864DE

analogous

#DE5F38 #DEB238 #B7DE38

triadic

#DEB238 #38DEB2 #B238DE

tetradic

#DEB238 #38DE5F #3864DE #DE38B7

square

#DEB238 #38DE5F #3864DE #DE38B7

split-complementary

#DEB238 #38B7DE #5F38DE

monochromatic

#856816 #BA911F #DEB238 #E7C66C #EFDBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#DEB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB238

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB238	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)

#C7B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc877',
    500: '#deb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb238;
$custom-light: #edc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.47656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB238

secondary

#96A8DC

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB238

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

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