#DEBC51#DEBC51

#DEBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBC51
RGB	rgb(222, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 0.22, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 57.12, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0035 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.131 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5950, 52.0928, 15.2256)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBC51 #5173DE

analogous

#DE7651 #DEBC51 #BADE51

triadic

#DEBC51 #51DEBC #BC51DE

tetradic

#DEBC51 #51DE76 #5173DE #DE51BA

square

#DEBC51 #51DE76 #5173DE #DE51BA

split-complementary

#DEBC51 #51BADE #7651DE

monochromatic

#987A1D #CBA427 #DEBC51 #E8D084 #F2E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DEBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DEBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBC51

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBC51	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf86',
    500: '#debc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debc51;
$custom-light: #eccf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBC51

secondary

#37509C

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBC51

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

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