#DEB962#DEB962

#DEB962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.114 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB962
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 2.99, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 48.63, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0067 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.114 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6800, 51.1121, 18.8018)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB962 #6287DE

analogous

#DE7B62 #DEB962 #C5DE62

triadic

#DEB962 #62DEB9 #B962DE

tetradic

#DEB962 #62DE7B #6287DE #DE62C5

square

#DEB962 #62DE7B #6287DE #DE62C5

split-complementary

#DEB962 #62C5DE #7B62DE

monochromatic

#A37D22 #D3A22F #DEB962 #E9D095 #F3E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#DEB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB962

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB962	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.114 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd91',
    500: '#deb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb962;
$custom-light: #ebcd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80071,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB962

secondary

#3E5DA6

accent

#4ECD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB962

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

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