#DEBF59#DEBF59

#DEBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.126 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEBF59
RGB	rgb(222, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -0.81, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 54.44, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0055 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.126 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5604, 53.5151, 17.1155)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEBF59 #5978DE

analogous

#DE7C59 #DEBF59 #BADE59

triadic

#DEBF59 #59DEBF #BF59DE

tetradic

#DEBF59 #59DE7C #5978DE #DE59BA

square

#DEBF59 #59DE7C #5978DE #DE59BA

split-complementary

#DEBF59 #59BADE #7C59DE

monochromatic

#9D801F #D0A929 #DEBF59 #E8D38C #F2E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DEBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DEBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEBF59

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEBF59	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #debf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.126 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28b',
    500: '#debf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #debf59;
$custom-light: #ebd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#debf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEBF59

secondary

#3A52A1

accent

#42CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEBF59

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

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