#DEB255#DEB255

#DEB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB255
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 5.74, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 52.84, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.013 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.122 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6868, 48.0292, 15.3514)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB255 #5581DE

analogous

#DE6D55 #DEB255 #C5DE55

triadic

#DEB255 #55DEB2 #B255DE

tetradic

#DEB255 #55DE6D #5581DE #DE55C5

square

#DEB255 #55DE6D #5581DE #DE55C5

split-complementary

#DEB255 #55C5DE #6D55DE

monochromatic

#9B731E #CE9928 #DEB255 #E8C988 #F2E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#DEB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB255

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB255	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc888',
    500: '#deb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb255;
$custom-light: #ecc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.73,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78528,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB255

secondary

#ADBEE2

accent

#52CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB255

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

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