#DEB251#DEB251

#DEB251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB251
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, 5.48, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 54.61, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.0118 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.125 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5323, 47.9675, 14.5381)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB251 #517DDE

analogous

#DE6C51 #DEB251 #C3DE51

triadic

#DEB251 #51DEB2 #B251DE

tetradic

#DEB251 #51DE6C #517DDE #DE51C3

square

#DEB251 #51DE6C #517DDE #DE51C3

split-complementary

#DEB251 #51C3DE #6C51DE

monochromatic

#98711D #CB9827 #DEB251 #E8C984 #F2E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#DEB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB251

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB251	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc885',
    500: '#deb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb251;
$custom-light: #ecc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.277,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78485,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB251

secondary

#AABBE1

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB251

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

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