#DEBE5B#DEBE5B

#DEBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE5B
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -0.15, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 53.25, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0033 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.124 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4282, 53.1144, 17.4914)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE5B #5B7BDE

analogous

#DE7D5B #DEBE5B #BCDE5B

triadic

#DEBE5B #5BDEBE #BE5BDE

tetradic

#DEBE5B #5BDE7D #5B7BDE #DE5BBC

square

#DEBE5B #5BDE7D #5B7BDE #DE5BBC

split-complementary

#DEBE5B #5BBCDE #7D5BDE

monochromatic

#9F8020 #D2A92A #DEBE5B #E8D28E #F3E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DEBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE5B

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE5B	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)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18d',
    500: '#debe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe5b;
$custom-light: #ebd18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80989,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE5B

secondary

#3B54A2

accent

#44CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE5B

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

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