#DEBC55#DEBC55

#DEBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBC55
RGB	rgb(222, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 0.48, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 55.36, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0022 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.127 91)
XYZ	xyz(49.7495, 52.1546, 16.0390)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBC55 #5577DE

analogous

#DE7755 #DEBC55 #BCDE55

triadic

#DEBC55 #55DEBC #BC55DE

tetradic

#DEBC55 #55DE77 #5577DE #DE55BC

square

#DEBC55 #55DE77 #5577DE #DE55BC

split-complementary

#DEBC55 #55BCDE #7755DE

monochromatic

#9B7C1E #CEA528 #DEBC55 #E8D088 #F2E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DEBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#DEBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBC55

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBC55	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf89',
    500: '#debc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debc55;
$custom-light: #eccf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80521,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.52152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBC55

secondary

#39529E

accent

#44CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBC55

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

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