#DEBA45#DEBA45

#DEBA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.138 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBA45
RGB	rgb(222, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 0.58, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 61.60, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0039 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.138 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7599, 51.0799, 12.9202)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBA45 #4569DE

analogous

#DE6D45 #DEBA45 #B6DE45

triadic

#DEBA45 #45DEBA #BA45DE

tetradic

#DEBA45 #45DE6D #4569DE #DE45B6

square

#DEBA45 #45DE6D #4569DE #DE45B6

split-complementary

#DEBA45 #45B6DE #6D45DE

monochromatic

#8F7319 #C39D23 #DEBA45 #E7CD79 #F0E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEBA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#DEBA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBA45

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBA45	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)

#CEB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.138 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce7f',
    500: '#deba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deba45;
$custom-light: #ecce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79967,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBA45

secondary

#334A94

accent

#65ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBA45

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

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