#DEB85E#DEB85E

#DEB85E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB85E
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 3.21, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 50.22, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0068 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.117 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2873, 50.6215, 17.7624)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB85E #5E84DE

analogous

#DE785E #DEB85E #C4DE5E

triadic

#DEB85E #5EDEB8 #B85EDE

tetradic

#DEB85E #5EDE78 #5E84DE #DE5EC4

square

#DEB85E #5EDE78 #5E84DE #DE5EC4

split-complementary

#DEB85E #5EC4DE #785EDE

monochromatic

#A17B21 #D3A22B #DEB85E #E8CE91 #F3E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#DEB85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB85E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB85E	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd8e',
    500: '#deb85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb85e;
$custom-light: #ebcd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79822,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB85E

secondary

#3C5BA4

accent

#4ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB85E

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

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