#DEBE4C#DEBE4C

#DEBE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.136 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE4C
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -1.12, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 59.80, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0079 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.136 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8446, 52.8810, 14.4177)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE4C #4C6CDE

analogous

#DE754C #DEBE4C #B5DE4C

triadic

#DEBE4C #4CDEBE #BE4CDE

tetradic

#DEBE4C #4CDE75 #4C6CDE #DE4CB5

square

#DEBE4C #4CDE75 #4C6CDE #DE4CB5

split-complementary

#DEBE4C #4CB5DE #754CDE

monochromatic

#947A1B #C8A425 #DEBE4C #E8D180 #F1E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#DEBE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE4C

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE4C	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.136 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd183',
    500: '#debe4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe4c;
$custom-light: #ecd183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80836,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE4C

secondary

#354B99

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE4C

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

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