#DEB948#DEB948

#DEB948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.135 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB948
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 1.26, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 60.12, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0015 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.135 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6454, 50.6982, 13.3531)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB948 #486DDE

analogous

#DE6E48 #DEB948 #B8DE48

triadic

#DEB948 #48DEB9 #B948DE

tetradic

#DEB948 #48DE6E #486DDE #DE48B8

square

#DEB948 #48DE6E #486DDE #DE48B8

split-complementary

#DEB948 #48B8DE #6E48DE

monochromatic

#91741A #C59D24 #DEB948 #E7CD7C #F1E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DEB948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#DEB948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB948

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB948	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)

#CDB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.135 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd80',
    500: '#deb948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb948;
$custom-light: #eccd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79792,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB948

secondary

#344C96

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB948

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

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