#DEB85B#DEB85B

#DEB85B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.120 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB85B
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 2.99, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 51.59, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% 0.0058 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.12 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1553, 50.5687, 17.0671)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB85B #5B81DE

analogous

#DE775B #DEB85B #C3DE5B

triadic

#DEB85B #5BDEB8 #B85BDE

tetradic

#DEB85B #5BDE77 #5B81DE #DE5BC3

square

#DEB85B #5BDE77 #5B81DE #DE5BC3

split-complementary

#DEB85B #5BC3DE #775BDE

monochromatic

#9F7A20 #D2A12A #DEB85B #E8CE8E #F3E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DEB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB85B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB85B	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)

#CBB752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.120 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd8c',
    500: '#deb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb85b;
$custom-light: #ebcd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79786,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB85B

secondary

#3B59A2

accent

#4CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB85B

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

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