#DEB243#DEB243

#DEB243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.135 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB243
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 4.67, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 60.51, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0077 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.135 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0604, 47.7787, 12.0526)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB243 #436FDE

analogous

#DE6543 #DEB243 #BDDE43

triadic

#DEB243 #43DEB2 #B243DE

tetradic

#DEB243 #43DE65 #436FDE #DE43BD

square

#DEB243 #43DE65 #436FDE #DE43BD

split-complementary

#DEB243 #43BDDE #6543DE

monochromatic

#8E6D19 #C29422 #DEB243 #E7C777 #F0DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DEB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB243

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB243	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.135 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc87d',
    500: '#deb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb243;
$custom-light: #ecc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.968,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78353,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB243

secondary

#9FB1DE

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB243

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

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