#DEBE5E#DEBE5E

#DEBE5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.121 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBE5E
RGB	rgb(222, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, 0.07, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 51.88, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0023 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.121 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5602, 53.1672, 18.1867)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBE5E #5E7EDE

analogous

#DE7E5E #DEBE5E #BEDE5E

triadic

#DEBE5E #5EDEBE #BE5EDE

tetradic

#DEBE5E #5EDE7E #5E7EDE #DE5EBE

square

#DEBE5E #5EDE7E #5E7EDE #DE5EBE

split-complementary

#DEBE5E #5EBEDE #7E5EDE

monochromatic

#A18121 #D3A92B #DEBE5E #E8D391 #F3E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#DEBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBE5E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBE5E	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)

#D0BB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.121 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd18e',
    500: '#debe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debe5e;
$custom-light: #ebd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81023,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBE5E

secondary

#3C56A4

accent

#45CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBE5E

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

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