#DEBD57#DEBD57

#DEBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBD57
RGB	rgb(222, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 0.09, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 54.76, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0031 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.126 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0444, 52.6156, 16.5348)
Luminance	0.5261 (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

#DEBD57 #5778DE

analogous

#DE7957 #DEBD57 #BCDE57

triadic

#DEBD57 #57DEBD #BD57DE

tetradic

#DEBD57 #57DE79 #5778DE #DE57BC

square

#DEBD57 #57DE79 #5778DE #DE57BC

split-complementary

#DEBD57 #57BCDE #7957DE

monochromatic

#9C7D1F #CFA629 #DEBD57 #E8D18A #F2E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#DEBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBD57

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBD57	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd08a',
    500: '#debd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debd57;
$custom-light: #ebd08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80743,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBD57

secondary

#3A53A0

accent

#44CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBD57

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

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