#DEB742#DEB742

#DEB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.138 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB742
RGB	rgb(222, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 1.99, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 62.04, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0001 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.138 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0437, 49.7928, 12.2337)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB742 #4269DE

analogous

#DE6942 #DEB742 #B7DE42

triadic

#DEB742 #42DEB7 #B742DE

tetradic

#DEB742 #42DE69 #4269DE #DE42B7

square

#DEB742 #42DE69 #4269DE #DE42B7

split-complementary

#DEB742 #42B7DE #6942DE

monochromatic

#8D7019 #C19922 #DEB742 #E7CB76 #F0DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DEB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#DEB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB742

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB742	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.138 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc7d',
    500: '#deb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb742;
$custom-light: #eccc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB742

secondary

#9EAEDE

accent

#67ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB742

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

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