#DEB256#DEB256

#DEB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB256
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 5.81, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 52.40, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0134 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.121 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7268, 48.0452, 15.5621)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB256 #5682DE

analogous

#DE6E56 #DEB256 #C6DE56

triadic

#DEB256 #56DEB2 #B256DE

tetradic

#DEB256 #56DE6E #5682DE #DE56C6

square

#DEB256 #56DE6E #5682DE #DE56C6

split-complementary

#DEB256 #56C6DE #6E56DE

monochromatic

#9B731E #CE9928 #DEB256 #E8C989 #F2E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#DEB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB256

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB256	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)

#C5B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc889',
    500: '#deb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb256;
$custom-light: #ecc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB256

secondary

#AEBFE2

accent

#52CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB256

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

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