#DEBE57#DEBE57

#DEBE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE57
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -0.43, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 55.05, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0046 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.127 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2602, 53.0473, 16.6068)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE57 #5777DE

analogous

#DE7A57 #DEBE57 #BADE57

triadic

#DEBE57 #57DEBE #BE57DE

tetradic

#DEBE57 #57DE7A #5777DE #DE57BA

square

#DEBE57 #57DE7A #5777DE #DE57BA

split-complementary

#DEBE57 #57BADE #7A57DE

monochromatic

#9C7E1F #CFA829 #DEBE57 #E8D28A #F2E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#DEBE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE57

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE57	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18a',
    500: '#debe57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe57;
$custom-light: #ebd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80945,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE57

secondary

#3A52A0

accent

#42CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE57

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

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