#DEB249#DEB249

#DEB249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB249
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 5.00, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 58.04, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0094 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.131 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2498, 47.8545, 13.0502)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB249 #4975DE

analogous

#DE6849 #DEB249 #BFDE49

triadic

#DEB249 #49DEB2 #B249DE

tetradic

#DEB249 #49DE68 #4975DE #DE49BF

square

#DEB249 #49DE68 #4975DE #DE49BF

split-complementary

#DEB249 #49BFDE #6849DE

monochromatic

#926F1A #C69624 #DEB249 #E7C87D #F1DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DEB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB249

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB249	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)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc881',
    500: '#deb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb249;
$custom-light: #ecc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB249

secondary

#A4B5DF

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB249

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

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