#DEB949#DEB949

#DEB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.135 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB949
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 1.32, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 59.71, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0013 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.135 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6783, 50.7114, 13.5264)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB949 #496EDE

analogous

#DE6F49 #DEB949 #B8DE49

triadic

#DEB949 #49DEB9 #B949DE

tetradic

#DEB949 #49DE6F #496EDE #DE49B8

square

#DEB949 #49DE6F #496EDE #DE49B8

split-complementary

#DEB949 #49B8DE #6F49DE

monochromatic

#92741A #C69E24 #DEB949 #E7CD7D #F1E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DEB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#DEB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB949

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB949	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.135 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd81',
    500: '#deb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb949;
$custom-light: #eccd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79801,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB949

secondary

#344D97

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB949

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

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