#DEB499#DEB499

#DEB499 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.061 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB499
RGB	rgb(222, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(23, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 11.35, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 22.58, 59.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0357 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.061 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1963, 50.4744, 37.1240)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB499 #99C3DE

analogous

#DE99A0 #DEB499 #DED699

triadic

#DEB499 #99DEB4 #B499DE

tetradic

#DEB499 #A0DE99 #99C3DE #D699DE

square

#DEB499 #A0DE99 #99C3DE #D699DE

split-complementary

#DEB499 #99DED6 #99A0DE

monochromatic

#BF703E #CF926B #DEB499 #EDD6C7 #F8EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#DEB499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB499

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB499	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.061 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cab7',
    500: '#deb499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb499;
$custom-light: #e9cab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80048,
    "c": 0.06128,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB499

secondary

#6596B6

accent

#83BE27

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB499

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

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