#DEBF51#DEBF51

#DEBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.132 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBF51
RGB	rgb(222, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -1.34, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 57.97, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.008 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.132 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2426, 53.3879, 15.4415)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBF51 #5170DE

analogous

#DE7951 #DEBF51 #B6DE51

triadic

#DEBF51 #51DEBF #BF51DE

tetradic

#DEBF51 #51DE79 #5170DE #DE51B6

square

#DEBF51 #51DE79 #5170DE #DE51B6

split-complementary

#DEBF51 #51B6DE #7951DE

monochromatic

#987D1D #CBA727 #DEBF51 #E8D284 #F2E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DEBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#DEBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBF51

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBF51	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.132 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd286',
    500: '#debf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debf51;
$custom-light: #ecd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81085,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBF51

secondary

#374D9C

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBF51

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

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