#DEB845#DEB845

#DEB845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB845
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 1.62, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 61.09, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0009 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.137 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3415, 50.2431, 12.7808)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB845 #456BDE

analogous

#DE6C45 #DEB845 #B8DE45

triadic

#DEB845 #45DEB8 #B845DE

tetradic

#DEB845 #45DE6C #456BDE #DE45B8

square

#DEB845 #45DE6C #456BDE #DE45B8

split-complementary

#DEB845 #45B8DE #6C45DE

monochromatic

#8F7219 #C39B23 #DEB845 #E7CC79 #F0E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DEB845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#DEB845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB845

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB845	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd7f',
    500: '#deb845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb845;
$custom-light: #eccd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB845

secondary

#334B94

accent

#67ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB845

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

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