#DEBF39#DEBF39

#DEBF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.149 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBF39
RGB	rgb(222, 191, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -2.59, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 67.43, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0142 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.149 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4961, 53.0893, 11.5103)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBF39 #3958DE

analogous

#DE6C39 #DEBF39 #ABDE39

triadic

#DEBF39 #39DEBF #BF39DE

tetradic

#DEBF39 #39DE6C #3958DE #DE39AB

square

#DEBF39 #39DE6C #3958DE #DE39AB

split-complementary

#DEBF39 #39ABDE #6C39DE

monochromatic

#867116 #BB9D1F #DEBF39 #E7D06D #EFE1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DEBF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#DEBF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBF39

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBF39	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)

#D3BB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 191, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.149 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd179',
    500: '#debf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debf39;
$custom-light: #edd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.727,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8089,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBF39

secondary

#2F408C

accent

#5CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBF39

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

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