#DEBD37#DEBD37

#DEBD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.149 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBD37
RGB	rgb(222, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -1.64, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 67.61, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0117 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.149 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0141, 52.2034, 11.1083)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBD37 #3758DE

analogous

#DE6A37 #DEBD37 #ABDE37

triadic

#DEBD37 #37DEBD #BD37DE

tetradic

#DEBD37 #37DE6A #3758DE #DE37AB

square

#DEBD37 #37DE6A #3758DE #DE37AB

split-complementary

#DEBD37 #37ABDE #6A37DE

monochromatic

#856F16 #B99B1F #DEBD37 #E7CE6C #EFE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DEBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DEBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBD37

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBD37	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.149 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd078',
    500: '#debd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debd37;
$custom-light: #edd078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.144,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80471,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBD37

secondary

#2E418B

accent

#5DEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBD37

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

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