#DEBA4D#DEBA4D

#DEBA4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.132 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBA4D
RGB	rgb(222, 186, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, 1.02, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 58.29, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0016 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.132 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0251, 51.1860, 14.3174)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBA4D #4D71DE

analogous

#DE714D #DEBA4D #BADE4D

triadic

#DEBA4D #4DDEBA #BA4DDE

tetradic

#DEBA4D #4DDE71 #4D71DE #DE4DBA

square

#DEBA4D #4DDE71 #4D71DE #DE4DBA

split-complementary

#DEBA4D #4DBADE #714DDE

monochromatic

#95771C #C9A025 #DEBA4D #E8CE81 #F1E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEBA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#DEBA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBA4D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBA4D	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deba4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 186, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.132 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce84',
    500: '#deba4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deba4d;
$custom-light: #ecce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deba4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80039,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBA4D

secondary

#364F99

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBA4D

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

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