#DEB981#DEB981

#DEB981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.084 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB981
RGB	rgb(222, 185, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 41.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 5.86, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 33.88, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% 0.0183 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.084 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4372, 51.8150, 28.0565)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB981 #81A6DE

analogous

#DE8B81 #DEB981 #D5DE81

triadic

#DEB981 #81DEB9 #B981DE

tetradic

#DEB981 #81DE8B #81A6DE #DE81D5

square

#DEB981 #81DE8B #81A6DE #DE81D5

split-complementary

#DEB981 #81D5DE #8B81DE

monochromatic

#B5802F #D19E51 #DEB981 #EBD4B1 #F7EFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DEB981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DEB981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB981

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB981	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 185, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.084 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacda6',
    500: '#deb981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb981;
$custom-light: #eacda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.129,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80541,
    "c": 0.08422,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB981

secondary

#4E77B5

accent

#62C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF6

border

#D6D3D0

text

#16130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB981

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

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