#DEBC4F#DEBC4F

#DEBC4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.132 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBC4F
RGB	rgb(222, 188, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 0.10, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 57.98, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0041 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.132 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5211, 52.0633, 14.8365)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBC4F #4F71DE

analogous

#DE754F #DEBC4F #B9DE4F

triadic

#DEBC4F #4FDEBC #BC4FDE

tetradic

#DEBC4F #4FDE75 #4F71DE #DE4FB9

square

#DEBC4F #4FDE75 #4F71DE #DE4FB9

split-complementary

#DEBC4F #4FB9DE #754FDE

monochromatic

#96791C #CAA326 #DEBC4F #E8D083 #F1E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DEBC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#DEBC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBC4F

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBC4F	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)

#CFB942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 188, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.132 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf85',
    500: '#debc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debc4f;
$custom-light: #eccf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8046,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBC4F

secondary

#374E9B

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBC4F

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

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