#DEBF38#DEBF38

#DEBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.149 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBF38
RGB	rgb(222, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -2.64, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 67.78, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0145 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.149 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4714, 53.0795, 11.3802)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBF38 #3857DE

analogous

#DE6C38 #DEBF38 #AADE38

triadic

#DEBF38 #38DEBF #BF38DE

tetradic

#DEBF38 #38DE6C #3857DE #DE38AA

square

#DEBF38 #38DE6C #3857DE #DE38AA

split-complementary

#DEBF38 #38AADE #6C38DE

monochromatic

#857116 #BA9D1F #DEBF38 #E7D06C #EFE1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DEBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBF38

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBF38	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)

#D3BB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.149 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd178',
    500: '#debf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debf38;
$custom-light: #edd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.795,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80884,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBF38

secondary

#2E408C

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBF38

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

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