#DEBE59#DEBE59

#DEBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.125 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE59
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -0.29, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 54.15, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.004 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.125 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3431, 53.0804, 17.0431)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE59 #5979DE

analogous

#DE7B59 #DEBE59 #BBDE59

triadic

#DEBE59 #59DEBE #BE59DE

tetradic

#DEBE59 #59DE7B #5979DE #DE59BB

square

#DEBE59 #59DE7B #5979DE #DE59BB

split-complementary

#DEBE59 #59BBDE #7B59DE

monochromatic

#9D7F1F #D0A829 #DEBE59 #E8D28C #F2E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DEBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE59

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE59	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.125 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18b',
    500: '#debe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe59;
$custom-light: #ebd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80966,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE59

secondary

#3A53A1

accent

#43CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE59

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

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