#DEBE39#DEBE39

#DEBE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.148 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE39
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -2.08, 67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 67.17, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0128 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.148 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2788, 52.6547, 11.4379)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE39 #3959DE

analogous

#DE6C39 #DEBE39 #ABDE39

triadic

#DEBE39 #39DEBE #BE39DE

tetradic

#DEBE39 #39DE6C #3959DE #DE39AB

square

#DEBE39 #39DE6C #3959DE #DE39AB

split-complementary

#DEBE39 #39ABDE #6C39DE

monochromatic

#867116 #BB9D1F #DEBE39 #E7CF6D #EFE0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DEBE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE39

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE39	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)

#D2BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.148 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd179',
    500: '#debe39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe39;
$custom-light: #edd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.364,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80687,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE39

secondary

#2F418C

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE39

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

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