#DEB945#DEB945

#DEB945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.138 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB945
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 1.10, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 61.34, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0024 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.138 91)
XYZ	xyz(48.5499, 50.6600, 12.8502)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB945 #456ADE

analogous

#DE6D45 #DEB945 #B7DE45

triadic

#DEB945 #45DEB9 #B945DE

tetradic

#DEB945 #45DE6D #456ADE #DE45B7

square

#DEB945 #45DE6D #456ADE #DE45B7

split-complementary

#DEB945 #45B7DE #6D45DE

monochromatic

#8F7319 #C39C23 #DEB945 #E7CD79 #F0E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#DEB945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB945

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB945	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.138 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd7f',
    500: '#deb945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb945;
$custom-light: #eccd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.50657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB945

secondary

#334A94

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB945

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

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