#DEB459#DEB459

#DEB459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB459
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 4.96, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 51.51, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0113 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.12 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2510, 48.8963, 16.3457)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB459 #5983DE

analogous

#DE7159 #DEB459 #C5DE59

triadic

#DEB459 #59DEB4 #B459DE

tetradic

#DEB459 #59DE71 #5983DE #DE59C5

square

#DEB459 #59DE71 #5983DE #DE59C5

split-complementary

#DEB459 #59C5DE #7159DE

monochromatic

#9D761F #D09C29 #DEB459 #E8CB8C #F2E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DEB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#DEB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB459

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB459	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca8b',
    500: '#deb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb459;
$custom-light: #ebca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB459

secondary

#B0C0E2

accent

#51CF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB459

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

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