#DEB83F#DEB83F

#DEB83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB83F
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 1.32, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 63.45, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0024 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.141 91)
XYZ	xyz(48.1646, 50.1724, 11.8490)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB83F #3F65DE

analogous

#DE683F #DEB83F #B5DE3F

triadic

#DEB83F #3FDEB8 #B83FDE

tetradic

#DEB83F #3FDE68 #3F65DE #DE3FB5

square

#DEB83F #3FDE68 #3F65DE #DE3FB5

split-complementary

#DEB83F #3FB5DE #683FDE

monochromatic

#8B6F18 #BF9921 #DEB83F #E7CB73 #F0DFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DEB83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#DEB83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB83F

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB83F	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc7b',
    500: '#deb83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb83f;
$custom-light: #eccc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79518,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.50169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB83F

secondary

#314890

accent

#65ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB83F

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

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