#DEBA4E#DEBA4E

#DEBA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.132 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBA4E
RGB	rgb(222, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 1.08, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 57.87, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0013 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.132 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0607, 51.2003, 14.5048)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBA4E #4E72DE

analogous

#DE724E #DEBA4E #BADE4E

triadic

#DEBA4E #4EDEBA #BA4EDE

tetradic

#DEBA4E #4EDE72 #4E72DE #DE4EBA

square

#DEBA4E #4EDE72 #4E72DE #DE4EBA

split-complementary

#DEBA4E #4EBADE #724EDE

monochromatic

#96771C #C9A026 #DEBA4E #E8CE82 #F1E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEBA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#DEBA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBA4E

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBA4E	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)

#CDB842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.132 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce84',
    500: '#deba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deba4e;
$custom-light: #ecce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80048,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBA4E

secondary

#364F9A

accent

#68EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBA4E

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

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