#DEB951#DEB951

#DEB951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB951
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 1.79, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 56.31, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0011 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.129 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9608, 50.8244, 15.0142)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB951 #5176DE

analogous

#DE7351 #DEB951 #BDDE51

triadic

#DEB951 #51DEB9 #B951DE

tetradic

#DEB951 #51DE73 #5176DE #DE51BD

square

#DEB951 #51DE73 #5176DE #DE51BD

split-complementary

#DEB951 #51BDDE #7351DE

monochromatic

#98781D #CBA027 #DEB951 #E8CE84 #F2E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DEB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DEB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB951

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB951	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd86',
    500: '#deb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb951;
$custom-light: #eccd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB951

secondary

#37529C

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB951

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

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