#DEB259#DEB259

#DEB259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB259
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, 6.01, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 51.05, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0144 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.119 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8502, 48.0946, 16.2121)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB259 #5985DE

analogous

#DE6F59 #DEB259 #C8DE59

triadic

#DEB259 #59DEB2 #B259DE

tetradic

#DEB259 #59DE6F #5985DE #DE59C8

square

#DEB259 #59DE6F #5985DE #DE59C8

split-complementary

#DEB259 #59C8DE #6F59DE

monochromatic

#9D741F #D09929 #DEB259 #E8CA8C #F2E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DEB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#DEB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB259

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB259	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc88b',
    500: '#deb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb259;
$custom-light: #ecc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB259

secondary

#B0C1E2

accent

#54CF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB259

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

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