#DEBE4E#DEBE4E

#DEBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.134 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE4E
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -1.00, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 58.96, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0073 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.134 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9152, 52.9092, 14.7896)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE4E #4E6EDE

analogous

#DE764E #DEBE4E #B6DE4E

triadic

#DEBE4E #4EDEBE #BE4EDE

tetradic

#DEBE4E #4EDE76 #4E6EDE #DE4EB6

square

#DEBE4E #4EDE76 #4E6EDE #DE4EB6

split-complementary

#DEBE4E #4EB6DE #764EDE

monochromatic

#967B1C #C9A526 #DEBE4E #E8D182 #F1E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#DEBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE4E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE4E	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)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.134 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd184',
    500: '#debe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe4e;
$custom-light: #ecd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80854,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE4E

secondary

#364C9A

accent

#63EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE4E

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

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