#DEBE48#DEBE48

#DEBE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.139 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE48
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -1.35, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 61.45, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0091 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.139 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7098, 52.8271, 13.7080)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE48 #4868DE

analogous

#DE7348 #DEBE48 #B3DE48

triadic

#DEBE48 #48DEBE #BE48DE

tetradic

#DEBE48 #48DE73 #4868DE #DE48B3

square

#DEBE48 #48DE73 #4868DE #DE48B3

split-complementary

#DEBE48 #48B3DE #7348DE

monochromatic

#91781A #C5A324 #DEBE48 #E7D07C #F1E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#DEBE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE48

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE48	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)

#D1BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.139 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd181',
    500: '#debe48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe48;
$custom-light: #ecd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE48

secondary

#344996

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE48

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

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