#DEBE4D#DEBE4D

#DEBE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.135 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE4D
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -1.06, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 59.38, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0076 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.135 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8796, 52.8950, 14.6022)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE4D #4D6DDE

analogous

#DE754D #DEBE4D #B5DE4D

triadic

#DEBE4D #4DDEBE #BE4DDE

tetradic

#DEBE4D #4DDE75 #4D6DDE #DE4DB5

square

#DEBE4D #4DDE75 #4D6DDE #DE4DB5

split-complementary

#DEBE4D #4DB5DE #754DDE

monochromatic

#957A1C #C9A525 #DEBE4D #E8D181 #F1E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#DEBE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE4D

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE4D	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)

#D1BB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.135 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd184',
    500: '#debe4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe4d;
$custom-light: #ecd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80845,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE4D

secondary

#364C99

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE4D

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

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