#DEBE5D#DEBE5D

#DEBE5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE5D
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -0.00, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 52.34, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0027 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5156, 53.1494, 17.9519)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE5D #5D7DDE

analogous

#DE7E5D #DEBE5D #BEDE5D

triadic

#DEBE5D #5DDEBE #BE5DDE

tetradic

#DEBE5D #5DDE7E #5D7DDE #DE5DBE

square

#DEBE5D #5DDE7E #5D7DDE #DE5DBE

split-complementary

#DEBE5D #5DBEDE #7E5DDE

monochromatic

#A08021 #D3A92B #DEBE5D #E8D290 #F3E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DEBE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE5D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE5D	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)

#D0BB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18e',
    500: '#debe5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe5d;
$custom-light: #ebd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81012,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE5D

secondary

#3C56A3

accent

#45CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE5D

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

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