#DEB551#DEB551

#DEB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.127 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB551
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 3.89, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 55.31, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% 0.0072 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.127 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1358, 49.1743, 14.7392)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB551 #517ADE

analogous

#DE6F51 #DEB551 #C1DE51

triadic

#DEB551 #51DEB5 #B551DE

tetradic

#DEB551 #51DE6F #517ADE #DE51C1

square

#DEB551 #51DE6F #517ADE #DE51C1

split-complementary

#DEB551 #51C1DE #6F51DE

monochromatic

#98741D #CB9B27 #DEB551 #E8CB84 #F2E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DEB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#DEB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB551

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB551	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.127 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca86',
    500: '#deb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb551;
$custom-light: #ecca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79079,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB551

secondary

#AABAE1

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB551

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

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