#DEBE51#DEBE51

#DEBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.132 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE51
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -0.82, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 57.68, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0065 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.132 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0252, 52.9532, 15.3690)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE51 #5171DE

analogous

#DE7851 #DEBE51 #B8DE51

triadic

#DEBE51 #51DEBE #BE51DE

tetradic

#DEBE51 #51DE78 #5171DE #DE51B8

square

#DEBE51 #51DE78 #5171DE #DE51B8

split-complementary

#DEBE51 #51B8DE #7851DE

monochromatic

#987C1D #CBA627 #DEBE51 #E8D184 #F2E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#DEBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE51

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE51	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.132 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd186',
    500: '#debe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe51;
$custom-light: #ecd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE51

secondary

#374E9C

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE51

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

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