#DEB947#DEB947

#DEB947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB947
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 1.21, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 60.53, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0018 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.136 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6131, 50.6853, 13.1827)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB947 #476CDE

analogous

#DE6E47 #DEB947 #B7DE47

triadic

#DEB947 #47DEB9 #B947DE

tetradic

#DEB947 #47DE6E #476CDE #DE47B7

square

#DEB947 #47DE6E #476CDE #DE47B7

split-complementary

#DEB947 #47B7DE #6E47DE

monochromatic

#91741A #C59D23 #DEB947 #E7CD7B #F1E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#DEB947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB947

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB947	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd80',
    500: '#deb947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb947;
$custom-light: #eccd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79783,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB947

secondary

#344C96

accent

#67EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB947

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

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