#DEB462#DEB462

#DEB462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.112 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB462
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 5.63, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 47.38, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0144 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.112 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6523, 49.0568, 18.4592)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB462 #628CDE

analogous

#DE7662 #DEB462 #CADE62

triadic

#DEB462 #62DEB4 #B462DE

tetradic

#DEB462 #62DE76 #628CDE #DE62CA

square

#DEB462 #62DE76 #628CDE #DE62CA

split-complementary

#DEB462 #62CADE #7662DE

monochromatic

#A37822 #D39C2F #DEB462 #E9CC95 #F3E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DEB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#DEB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB462

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB462	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.112 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca91',
    500: '#deb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb462;
$custom-light: #ebca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB462

secondary

#B7C7E4

accent

#56CD18

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F1

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB462

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

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