#DEB542#DEB542

#DEB542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.137 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB542
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 3.04, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 61.57, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0029 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.137 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6341, 48.9737, 12.0971)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB542 #426BDE

analogous

#DE6742 #DEB542 #B9DE42

triadic

#DEB542 #42DEB5 #B542DE

tetradic

#DEB542 #42DE67 #426BDE #DE42B9

square

#DEB542 #42DE67 #426BDE #DE42B9

split-complementary

#DEB542 #42B9DE #6742DE

monochromatic

#8D6E19 #C19722 #DEB542 #E7C976 #F0DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DEB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#DEB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB542

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB542	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.137 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca7d',
    500: '#deb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb542;
$custom-light: #ecca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78941,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB542

secondary

#9EAFDE

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB542

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

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