#DEBE5C#DEBE5C

#DEBE5C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.123 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE5C
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 92)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -0.08, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 52.79, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.003 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.123 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4716, 53.1318, 17.7201)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE5C #5C7CDE

analogous

#DE7D5C #DEBE5C #BDDE5C

triadic

#DEBE5C #5CDEBE #BE5CDE

tetradic

#DEBE5C #5CDE7D #5C7CDE #DE5CBD

square

#DEBE5C #5CDE7D #5C7CDE #DE5CBD

split-complementary

#DEBE5C #5CBDDE #7D5CDE

monochromatic

#9F8020 #D2A92B #DEBE5C #E8D28F #F3E7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DEBE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE5C

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE5C	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.123 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18d',
    500: '#debe5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe5c;
$custom-light: #ebd18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE5C

secondary

#3C55A3

accent

#44CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE5C

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

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