#DEB559#DEB559

#DEB559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB559
RGB	rgb(222, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 4.43, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 51.75, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.0097 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.12 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4536, 49.3015, 16.4133)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB559 #5982DE

analogous

#DE7259 #DEB559 #C4DE59

triadic

#DEB559 #59DEB5 #B559DE

tetradic

#DEB559 #59DE72 #5982DE #DE59C4

square

#DEB559 #59DE72 #5982DE #DE59C4

split-complementary

#DEB559 #59C4DE #7259DE

monochromatic

#9D761F #D09D29 #DEB559 #E8CC8C #F2E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DEB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#DEB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB559

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB559	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca8b',
    500: '#deb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb559;
$custom-light: #ebca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79167,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB559

secondary

#B0C0E2

accent

#4FCF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB559

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

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