#DEBC4E#DEBC4E

#DEBC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.133 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBC4E
RGB	rgb(222, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, 0.04, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 58.40, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0043 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.133 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4850, 52.0488, 14.6462)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBC4E #4E70DE

analogous

#DE744E #DEBC4E #B8DE4E

triadic

#DEBC4E #4EDEBC #BC4EDE

tetradic

#DEBC4E #4EDE74 #4E70DE #DE4EB8

square

#DEBC4E #4EDE74 #4E70DE #DE4EB8

split-complementary

#DEBC4E #4EB8DE #744EDE

monochromatic

#96791C #C9A326 #DEBC4E #E8D082 #F1E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DEBC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#DEBC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBC4E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBC4E	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.133 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf84',
    500: '#debc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debc4e;
$custom-light: #eccf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8045,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBC4E

secondary

#364E9A

accent

#66EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBC4E

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

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