#DEB557#DEB557

#DEB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.122 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB557
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 4.29, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 52.65, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.0091 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.122 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3708, 49.2683, 15.9770)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB557 #5780DE

analogous

#DE7157 #DEB557 #C3DE57

triadic

#DEB557 #57DEB5 #B557DE

tetradic

#DEB557 #57DE71 #5780DE #DE57C3

square

#DEB557 #57DE71 #5780DE #DE57C3

split-complementary

#DEB557 #57C3DE #7157DE

monochromatic

#9C761F #CF9D29 #DEB557 #E8CC8A #F2E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DEB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#DEB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB557

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB557	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.122 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca89',
    500: '#deb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb557;
$custom-light: #ecca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79144,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB557

secondary

#AFBEE2

accent

#4FCF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB557

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

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