#DEB93D#DEB93D

#DEB93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.143 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB93D
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 0.70, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 64.45, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0044 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.143 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3181, 50.5673, 11.6295)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB93D #3D62DE

analogous

#DE683D #DEB93D #B3DE3D

triadic

#DEB93D #3DDEB9 #B93DDE

tetradic

#DEB93D #3DDE68 #3D62DE #DE3DB3

square

#DEB93D #3DDE68 #3D62DE #DE3DB3

split-complementary

#DEB93D #3DB3DE #683DDE

monochromatic

#896F17 #BE9920 #DEB93D #E7CC71 #F0DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DEB93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB93D

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB93D	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)

#CDB62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.143 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcd7a',
    500: '#deb93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb93d;
$custom-light: #edcd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79704,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB93D

secondary

#30468F

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB93D

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

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