#DEB73D#DEB73D

#DEB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.142 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB73D
RGB	rgb(222, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 1.75, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 63.97, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0014 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.142 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9027, 49.7364, 11.4910)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB73D #3D64DE

analogous

#DE663D #DEB73D #B4DE3D

triadic

#DEB73D #3DDEB7 #B73DDE

tetradic

#DEB73D #3DDE66 #3D64DE #DE3DB4

square

#DEB73D #3DDE66 #3D64DE #DE3DB4

split-complementary

#DEB73D #3DB4DE #663DDE

monochromatic

#896E17 #BE9720 #DEB73D #E7CA71 #F0DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DEB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#DEB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB73D

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB73D	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.142 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcc7a',
    500: '#deb73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb73d;
$custom-light: #edcc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79302,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB73D

secondary

#9AAADD

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB73D

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

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