#DEBE5A#DEBE5A

#DEBE5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE5A
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -0.22, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 53.70, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0036 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.124 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3854, 53.0973, 17.2657)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE5A #5A7ADE

analogous

#DE7C5A #DEBE5A #BCDE5A

triadic

#DEBE5A #5ADEBE #BE5ADE

tetradic

#DEBE5A #5ADE7C #5A7ADE #DE5ABC

square

#DEBE5A #5ADE7C #5A7ADE #DE5ABC

split-complementary

#DEBE5A #5ABCDE #7C5ADE

monochromatic

#9E7F20 #D1A82A #DEBE5A #E8D28D #F2E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DEBE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE5A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE5A	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)

#D0BB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18c',
    500: '#debe5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe5a;
$custom-light: #ebd18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80978,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE5A

secondary

#3B54A1

accent

#43CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE5A

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

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