#DEB659#DEB659

#DEB659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.121 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB659
RGB	rgb(222, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 3.90, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 51.99, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0082 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.121 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6577, 49.7096, 16.4813)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB659 #5981DE

analogous

#DE7359 #DEB659 #C3DE59

triadic

#DEB659 #59DEB6 #B659DE

tetradic

#DEB659 #59DE73 #5981DE #DE59C3

square

#DEB659 #59DE73 #5981DE #DE59C3

split-complementary

#DEB659 #59C3DE #7359DE

monochromatic

#9D771F #D09E29 #DEB659 #E8CC8C #F2E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DEB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#DEB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB659

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB659	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.121 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb8b',
    500: '#deb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb659;
$custom-light: #ebcb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79365,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB659

secondary

#B0BFE2

accent

#4ECF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB659

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

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