#DEB859#DEB859

#DEB859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.122 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB859
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 2.85, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 52.50, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0051 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.122 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0702, 50.5346, 16.6188)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB859 #597FDE

analogous

#DE7559 #DEB859 #C1DE59

triadic

#DEB859 #59DEB8 #B859DE

tetradic

#DEB859 #59DE75 #597FDE #DE59C1

square

#DEB859 #59DE75 #597FDE #DE59C1

split-complementary

#DEB859 #59C1DE #7559DE

monochromatic

#9D791F #D0A129 #DEB859 #E8CE8C #F2E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DEB859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB859

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB859	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.122 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd8b',
    500: '#deb859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb859;
$custom-light: #ebcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79763,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB859

secondary

#3A58A1

accent

#4BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB859

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

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