#DEBD56#DEBD56

#DEBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBD56
RGB	rgb(222, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, 0.03, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 55.20, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0034 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.127 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0038, 52.5993, 16.3212)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBD56 #5677DE

analogous

#DE7956 #DEBD56 #BBDE56

triadic

#DEBD56 #56DEBD #BD56DE

tetradic

#DEBD56 #56DE79 #5677DE #DE56BB

square

#DEBD56 #56DE79 #5677DE #DE56BB

split-complementary

#DEBD56 #56BBDE #7956DE

monochromatic

#9B7D1E #CEA628 #DEBD56 #E8D189 #F2E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#DEBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBD56

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBD56	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd089',
    500: '#debd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debd56;
$custom-light: #ebd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80732,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBD56

secondary

#39529F

accent

#43CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBD56

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

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