#DEBA51#DEBA51

#DEBA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBA51
RGB	rgb(222, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 1.27, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 56.57, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0004 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.129 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1707, 51.2443, 15.0842)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBA51 #5175DE

analogous

#DE7451 #DEBA51 #BCDE51

triadic

#DEBA51 #51DEBA #BA51DE

tetradic

#DEBA51 #51DE74 #5175DE #DE51BC

square

#DEBA51 #51DE74 #5175DE #DE51BC

split-complementary

#DEBA51 #51BCDE #7451DE

monochromatic

#98781D #CBA127 #DEBA51 #E8CE84 #F2E3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#DEBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBA51

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBA51	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce86',
    500: '#deba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deba51;
$custom-light: #ecce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80078,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBA51

secondary

#37519C

accent

#69EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBA51

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

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