#DEB451#DEB451

#DEB451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB451
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 4.42, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 55.07, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% 0.0087 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.126 86)
XYZ	xyz(47.9332, 48.7691, 14.6717)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB451 #517BDE

analogous

#DE6E51 #DEB451 #C1DE51

triadic

#DEB451 #51DEB4 #B451DE

tetradic

#DEB451 #51DE6E #517BDE #DE51C1

square

#DEB451 #51DE6E #517BDE #DE51C1

split-complementary

#DEB451 #51C1DE #6E51DE

monochromatic

#98731D #CB9A27 #DEB451 #E8CA84 #F2E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DEB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#DEB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB451

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB451	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca86',
    500: '#deb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb451;
$custom-light: #ecca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78881,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.48766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB451

secondary

#AABAE1

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB451

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

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