#DEBE45#DEBE45

#DEBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.141 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE45
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -1.51, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 62.66, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0098 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.141 94)
XYZ	xyz(49.6144, 52.7889, 13.2050)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE45 #4565DE

analogous

#DE7245 #DEBE45 #B2DE45

triadic

#DEBE45 #45DEBE #BE45DE

tetradic

#DEBE45 #45DE72 #4565DE #DE45B2

square

#DEBE45 #45DE72 #4565DE #DE45B2

split-complementary

#DEBE45 #45B2DE #7245DE

monochromatic

#8F7719 #C3A223 #DEBE45 #E7D079 #F0E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#DEBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE45

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE45	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.141 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd17f',
    500: '#debe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe45;
$custom-light: #ecd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80775,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.52786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE45

secondary

#334794

accent

#60ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE45

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

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