#DEBE55#DEBE55

#DEBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.129 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE55
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -0.56, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 55.93, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0052 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.129 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1797, 53.0150, 16.1824)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE55 #5575DE

analogous

#DE7955 #DEBE55 #BADE55

triadic

#DEBE55 #55DEBE #BE55DE

tetradic

#DEBE55 #55DE79 #5575DE #DE55BA

square

#DEBE55 #55DE79 #5575DE #DE55BA

split-complementary

#DEBE55 #55BADE #7955DE

monochromatic

#9B7D1E #CEA728 #DEBE55 #E8D288 #F2E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#DEBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE55

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE55	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)

#D1BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.129 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd189',
    500: '#debe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe55;
$custom-light: #ebd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80924,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE55

secondary

#39519E

accent

#41CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE55

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

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