#DEB959#DEB959

#DEB959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB959
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 2.33, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 52.76, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% 0.0036 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.122 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2787, 50.9515, 16.6883)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB959 #597EDE

analogous

#DE7659 #DEB959 #C0DE59

triadic

#DEB959 #59DEB9 #B959DE

tetradic

#DEB959 #59DE76 #597EDE #DE59C0

square

#DEB959 #59DE76 #597EDE #DE59C0

split-complementary

#DEB959 #59C0DE #7659DE

monochromatic

#9D7A1F #D0A229 #DEB959 #E8CF8C #F2E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DEB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DEB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB959

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB959	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd8b',
    500: '#deb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb959;
$custom-light: #ebcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB959

secondary

#3A57A1

accent

#4ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB959

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

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