#DEB430

sRGB: 222 / 180 / 48

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations breathe beneath silver clouds
Fleeting moments vanish without farewell

#DEB430 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 180 green and 48 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 45.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 72.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 52.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 180, 48
HSL: 45.52°, 72.50%, 52.94%
HSV / HSB: 45.52°, 78.38%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 18.92%, 78.38%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 46.978, 48.387, 9.662
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.068, 2.791, 67.814
WCAG relative luminance: 0.48386
24-bit decimal: 14595120

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DEB430 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.68:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.97:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#305ADE sits half a turn (180°) from #DEB430 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DEB430 #305ADE

Analogous

#DE5D30 and #B1DE30 sit 30° to either side of #DEB430. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DE5D30 #DEB430 #B1DE30

Triadic

#DEB430, #30DEB4 and #B430DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEB430 #30DEB4 #B430DE

Split complementary

Start at #DEB430 and look across the wheel. #30B1DE and #5D30DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DEB430 #30B1DE #5D30DE

Square

Starting with #DEB430, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #30DE5D, #305ADE, then #DE30B1. Across the square, #DEB430 pairs with #305ADE, and #30DE5D with #DE30B1.

#DEB430 #30DE5D #305ADE #DE30B1

Tetradic

#DEB430 and #305ADE are opposites, as are #5ADE30 and #B430DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEB430 #5ADE30 #305ADE #B430DE

Tints

Mixing #DEB430 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5C359, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F0D6, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEB430 #E5C359 #EBD283 #F2E1AC #F8F0D6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEB430 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B29026, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C240A, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEB430 #B29026 #856C1D #594813 #2C240A #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEB430 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBAA40, keeps 80% of the original. By #938A70, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEB430 #CBAA40 #B89F50 #A69560 #938A70 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DEB430

RGB

rgb(222 180 48)

HSL

hsl(45.517 72.500% 52.941%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DEB430;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEB430 uses 222 red, 180 green and 48 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 70.6%

Blue 18.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEB430 is 0.0% cyan, 18.9% magenta, 78.4% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 18.9%

Yellow 78.4%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBB33. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DB3 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DEB430 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDBB33 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC33

Gradient to complement

#DEB430 #C1A54D #A4966A #878787 #6A78A4 #4D69C1 #305ADE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEB430 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C9B213

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D3BE38

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F1A49B

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1B423

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D6BA34

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E1B069

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B9B9B9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CDB68B

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73046 G 0.45641 B 0.02956

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84438 G 0.71216 B 0.29837

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.68181 G 0.46551 B 0.07243

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.447 y 0.461 Y 48.387

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.941 M % 29.412 Y % 81.176

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011110 10110100 00110000