#DEB842#DEB842

#DEB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.139 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB842
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, 1.47, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 62.29, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0017 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.139 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2507, 50.2068, 12.3027)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB842 #4268DE

analogous

#DE6A42 #DEB842 #B6DE42

triadic

#DEB842 #42DEB8 #B842DE

tetradic

#DEB842 #42DE6A #4268DE #DE42B6

square

#DEB842 #42DE6A #4268DE #DE42B6

split-complementary

#DEB842 #42B6DE #6A42DE

monochromatic

#8D7119 #C19A22 #DEB842 #E7CC76 #F0DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DEB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#DEB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB842

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB842	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.139 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd7d',
    500: '#deb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb842;
$custom-light: #eccd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB842

secondary

#324992

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB842

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

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