#DEB253#DEB253

#DEB253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB253
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 5.61, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 53.73, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0124 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.124 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6084, 47.9979, 14.9389)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB253 #537FDE

analogous

#DE6C53 #DEB253 #C5DE53

triadic

#DEB253 #53DEB2 #B253DE

tetradic

#DEB253 #53DE6C #537FDE #DE53C5

square

#DEB253 #53DE6C #537FDE #DE53C5

split-complementary

#DEB253 #53C5DE #6C53DE

monochromatic

#99721D #CD9827 #DEB253 #E8C986 #F2E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#DEB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB253

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB253	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)

#C6B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc887',
    500: '#deb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb253;
$custom-light: #ecc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78507,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB253

secondary

#ACBDE1

accent

#74EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB253

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

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