#DEB261#DEB261

#DEB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.112 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB261
RGB	rgb(222, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 6.61, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 47.39, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0171 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.112 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2046, 48.2364, 18.0785)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB261 #618DDE

analogous

#DE7361 #DEB261 #CBDE61

triadic

#DEB261 #61DEB2 #B261DE

tetradic

#DEB261 #61DE73 #618DDE #DE61CB

square

#DEB261 #61DE73 #618DDE #DE61CB

split-complementary

#DEB261 #61CBDE #7361DE

monochromatic

#A37522 #D3992E #DEB261 #E9CB94 #F3E3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DEB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DEB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB261

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB261	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.112 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc890',
    500: '#deb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb261;
$custom-light: #ebc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78673,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB261

secondary

#B7C7E4

accent

#58CD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB261

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

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