#DEB978#DEB978

#DEB978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.093 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB978
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, 4.94, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 38.18, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% 0.0148 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.093 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8651, 51.5861, 25.0435)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB978 #789DDE

analogous

#DE8678 #DEB978 #D0DE78

triadic

#DEB978 #78DEB9 #B978DE

tetradic

#DEB978 #78DE86 #789DDE #DE78D0

square

#DEB978 #78DE86 #789DDE #DE78D0

split-complementary

#DEB978 #78D0DE #8678DE

monochromatic

#B0802B #D29F47 #DEB978 #EAD3A9 #F6ECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DEB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DEB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB978

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB978	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.093 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacda0',
    500: '#deb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb978;
$custom-light: #eacda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80388,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB978

secondary

#486FB2

accent

#5BC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF5

border

#D6D3CF

text

#16130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB978

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

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