#DEBE53#DEBE53

#DEBE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE53
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -0.69, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 56.81, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0058 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1013, 52.9837, 15.7698)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE53 #5373DE

analogous

#DE7953 #DEBE53 #B9DE53

triadic

#DEBE53 #53DEBE #BE53DE

tetradic

#DEBE53 #53DE79 #5373DE #DE53B9

square

#DEBE53 #53DE79 #5373DE #DE53B9

split-complementary

#DEBE53 #53B9DE #7953DE

monochromatic

#997D1D #CDA627 #DEBE53 #E8D186 #F2E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#DEBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE53

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE53	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd187',
    500: '#debe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe53;
$custom-light: #ecd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80903,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE53

secondary

#384F9D

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE53

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

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