#DEBE38#DEBE38

#DEBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.149 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE38
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -2.12, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 67.52, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.013 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.149 95)
XYZ	xyz(49.2541, 52.6448, 11.3078)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE38 #3858DE

analogous

#DE6B38 #DEBE38 #ABDE38

triadic

#DEBE38 #38DEBE #BE38DE

tetradic

#DEBE38 #38DE6B #3858DE #DE38AB

square

#DEBE38 #38DE6B #3858DE #DE38AB

split-complementary

#DEBE38 #38ABDE #6B38DE

monochromatic

#857016 #BA9C1F #DEBE38 #E7CF6C #EFE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DEBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE38

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE38	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)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.149 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd178',
    500: '#debe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe38;
$custom-light: #edd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.434,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8068,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.52642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE38

secondary

#2E408C

accent

#5CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE38

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

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