#DEB257#DEB257

#DEB257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB257
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 5.87, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 51.95, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0137 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.12 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7674, 48.0615, 15.7758)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB257 #5783DE

analogous

#DE6E57 #DEB257 #C7DE57

triadic

#DEB257 #57DEB2 #B257DE

tetradic

#DEB257 #57DE6E #5783DE #DE57C7

square

#DEB257 #57DE6E #5783DE #DE57C7

split-complementary

#DEB257 #57C7DE #6E57DE

monochromatic

#9C731F #CF9929 #DEB257 #E8C98A #F2E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#DEB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB257

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB257	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)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc889',
    500: '#deb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb257;
$custom-light: #ecc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78551,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB257

secondary

#AFBFE2

accent

#53CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB257

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

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