#DEBE49#DEBE49

#DEBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE49
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -1.29, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 61.05, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0088 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.138 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7427, 52.8402, 13.8812)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE49 #4969DE

analogous

#DE7349 #DEBE49 #B3DE49

triadic

#DEBE49 #49DEBE #BE49DE

tetradic

#DEBE49 #49DE73 #4969DE #DE49B3

square

#DEBE49 #49DE73 #4969DE #DE49B3

split-complementary

#DEBE49 #49B3DE #7349DE

monochromatic

#92781A #C6A324 #DEBE49 #E7D17D #F1E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#DEBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE49

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE49	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd181',
    500: '#debe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe49;
$custom-light: #ecd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE49

secondary

#344997

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE49

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

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