HEX atlas value

#DEB85E

#DEB85E is a warm orange HEX color nearest Champagne Gold. RGB 222, 184, 94, HSL 42° 66% 62%, luminance 0.5062; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#DEB85E Sample readable text

HEX #DEB85E

RGB rgb(222, 184, 94)

HSL hsl(42 66% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 17, 58, 13)

Luminance 0.5062

Contrast Black 11.12:1White 1.89:1

CSS

--color-deb85e: #DEB85E;
.background-deb85e { background-color: #DEB85E; }
.text-deb85e { color: #DEB85E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DEB85E

#DEB85E is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #DEB85E is visually closest to Champagne Gold, a named orange color with HEX #D6B971.

The RGB channels are 222, 184, and 94, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg with 66% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.5062, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.64, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.12:1AA Pass

White text1.89:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DEB85E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.12:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.89:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#EED9AA#EED9AA · #000000 text · best 15.14:1 #C4DE5E#C4DE5E · #000000 text · best 13.96:1 #F3C049#F3C049 · #000000 text · best 12.45:1 Champagne Gold#D6B971 · #000000 text · best 11.04:1 Sandy Brown#F4A460 · #000000 text · best 10.33:1

Generated Palette

#DEB85E#DEB85E

#5E85DE#5E85DE

#DE785E#DE785E

#C4DE5E#C4DE5E

#EED9AA#EED9AA

#BA8E26#BA8E26

Color Harmonies

#5E85DE#5E85DE

#DE785E#DE785E

#C4DE5E#C4DE5E

#5EDEB8#5EDEB8

#B85EDE#B85EDE

Variants

#EED9AA#EED9AA

#BA8E26#BA8E26

#F3C049#F3C049

#C9AF73#C9AF73

#EFE5CD#EFE5CD

#FFD166#FFD166

Nearest Named Colors

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Bamboo#C7B56E

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Sandstone#C9AE74

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Luminance0.5062

Black text11.12:1AA Pass

White text1.89:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DEB85E","rgb":[222,184,94],"hsl":[42,66,62],"cmyk":[0,17,58,13],"luminance":0.5062,"contrast":{"black":11.12,"white":1.89}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.12,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.89,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#EED9AA","hex":"#EED9AA","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.14,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C4DE5E","hex":"#C4DE5E","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.96,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#F3C049","hex":"#F3C049","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.45,"contrastWhite":1.69,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.04,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Champagne Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/deb85e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bamboo.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandy-brown.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#5E85DE","analogous":["#DE785E","#C4DE5E"],"triadic":["#5EDEB8","#B85EDE"],"tetradic":["#5EDE78","#5E85DE","#DE5EC4"],"splitComplementary":["#5EC4DE","#785EDE"],"monochromatic":["#EED9AA","#DEB85E","#BA8E26"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EED9AA","dark":"#BA8E26","saturated":"#F3C049","desaturated":"#C9AF73","pastel":"#EFE5CD","neon":"#FFD166"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":20.639767440550294},{"slug":"bamboo","name":"Bamboo","hex":"#C7B56E","distance":28.178005607210743},{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":29.79932885150268},{"slug":"sandstone","name":"Sandstone","hex":"#C9AE74","distance":32.01562118716424},{"slug":"dark-khaki","name":"Dark Khaki","hex":"#BDB76B","distance":35.482389998420345}]

#DEB85E

CSS

About #DEB85E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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