#DEBB2C#DEBB2C

#DEBB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.153 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBB2C
RGB	rgb(222, 187, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 80.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -1.00, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 70.65, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0109 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.153 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3519, 51.2550, 9.7288)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBB2C #2C4FDE

analogous

#DE622C #DEBB2C #A8DE2C

triadic

#DEBB2C #2CDEBB #BB2CDE

tetradic

#DEBB2C #2CDE62 #2C4FDE #DE2CA8

square

#DEBB2C #2CDE62 #2C4FDE #DE2CA8

split-complementary

#DEBB2C #2CA8DE #622CDE

monochromatic

#7C6813 #B1941C #DEBB2C #E6CC61 #EFDD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DEBB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#DEBB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBB2C

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBB2C	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)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debb2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 187, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.153 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edcf72',
    500: '#debb2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debb2c;
$custom-light: #edcf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debb2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.202,
    "s": 72.951,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80003,
    "c": 0.15293,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBB2C

secondary

#2B3C84

accent

#5CF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBB2C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →