#DEBF37#DEBF37

#DEBF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.150 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBF37
RGB	rgb(222, 191, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -2.68, 68.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 68.12, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0147 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.15 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4472, 53.0698, 11.2527)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBF37 #3756DE

analogous

#DE6C37 #DEBF37 #AADE37

triadic

#DEBF37 #37DEBF #BF37DE

tetradic

#DEBF37 #37DE6C #3756DE #DE37AA

square

#DEBF37 #37DE6C #3756DE #DE37AA

split-complementary

#DEBF37 #37AADE #6C37DE

monochromatic

#857016 #B99D1F #DEBF37 #E7D06C #EFE1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#DEBF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBF37

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBF37	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 191, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd178',
    500: '#debf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debf37;
$custom-light: #edd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.862,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80877,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBF37

secondary

#2E3F8B

accent

#5BEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBF37

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

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