#DEB252#DEB252

#DEB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB252
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 5.54, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 54.17, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0121 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.124 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5701, 47.9826, 14.7370)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB252 #527EDE

analogous

#DE6C52 #DEB252 #C4DE52

triadic

#DEB252 #52DEB2 #B252DE

tetradic

#DEB252 #52DE6C #527EDE #DE52C4

square

#DEB252 #52DE6C #527EDE #DE52C4

split-complementary

#DEB252 #52C4DE #6C52DE

monochromatic

#99721D #CC9827 #DEB252 #E8C985 #F2E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#DEB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB252

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB252	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc886',
    500: '#deb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb252;
$custom-light: #ecc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78496,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB252

secondary

#ABBCE1

accent

#74EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB252

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

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