#DEBE4A#DEBE4A

#DEBE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.137 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE4A
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -1.24, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 60.63, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0085 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.137 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7761, 52.8536, 14.0572)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE4A #4A6ADE

analogous

#DE744A #DEBE4A #B4DE4A

triadic

#DEBE4A #4ADEBE #BE4ADE

tetradic

#DEBE4A #4ADE74 #4A6ADE #DE4AB4

square

#DEBE4A #4ADE74 #4A6ADE #DE4AB4

split-complementary

#DEBE4A #4AB4DE #744ADE

monochromatic

#93791B #C7A324 #DEBE4A #E7D17E #F1E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#DEBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE4A

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE4A	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)

#D1BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.137 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd182',
    500: '#debe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe4a;
$custom-light: #ecd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80818,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE4A

secondary

#354A98

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE4A

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

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