#DEBD59#DEBD59

#DEBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBD59
RGB	rgb(222, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, 0.23, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 53.86, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0025 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.125 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1272, 52.6487, 16.9711)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBD59 #597ADE

analogous

#DE7A59 #DEBD59 #BCDE59

triadic

#DEBD59 #59DEBD #BD59DE

tetradic

#DEBD59 #59DE7A #597ADE #DE59BC

square

#DEBD59 #59DE7A #597ADE #DE59BC

split-complementary

#DEBD59 #59BCDE #7A59DE

monochromatic

#9D7E1F #D0A729 #DEBD59 #E8D18C #F2E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DEBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBD59

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBD59	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd08b',
    500: '#debd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debd59;
$custom-light: #ebd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80765,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBD59

secondary

#3A54A1

accent

#44CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBD59

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

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