#DEBE37#DEBE37

#DEBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.149 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE37
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -2.16, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 67.86, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0132 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.149 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2299, 52.6351, 11.1802)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE37 #3757DE

analogous

#DE6B37 #DEBE37 #ABDE37

triadic

#DEBE37 #37DEBE #BE37DE

tetradic

#DEBE37 #37DE6B #3757DE #DE37AB

square

#DEBE37 #37DE6B #3757DE #DE37AB

split-complementary

#DEBE37 #37ABDE #6B37DE

monochromatic

#856F16 #B99C1F #DEBE37 #E7CF6C #EFE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DEBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE37

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE37	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)

#D2BA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd178',
    500: '#debe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe37;
$custom-light: #edd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.503,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80674,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE37

secondary

#2E408B

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE37

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

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