#DEB642#DEB642

#DEB642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.138 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB642
RGB	rgb(222, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, 2.52, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 61.81, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% 0.0014 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.138 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8382, 49.3818, 12.1652)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB642 #426ADE

analogous

#DE6842 #DEB642 #B8DE42

triadic

#DEB642 #42DEB6 #B642DE

tetradic

#DEB642 #42DE68 #426ADE #DE42B8

square

#DEB642 #42DE68 #426ADE #DE42B8

split-complementary

#DEB642 #42B8DE #6842DE

monochromatic

#8D6F19 #C19822 #DEB642 #E7CA76 #F0DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DEB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#DEB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB642

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB642	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.138 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccb7d',
    500: '#deb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb642;
$custom-light: #eccb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79141,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB642

secondary

#9EAEDE

accent

#68ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB642

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

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