#DEAD03#DEAD03

#DEAD03 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.157 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD03
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 3)
HSL	hsl(47, 97%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 99%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 98.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 5.59, 75.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 75.87, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0055 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.157 88)
XYZ	xyz(45.0873, 45.4266, 6.4797)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD03 #0334DE

analogous

#DE3F03 #DEAD03 #A2DE03

triadic

#DEAD03 #03DEAD #AD03DE

tetradic

#DEAD03 #03DE3F #0334DE #DE03A2

square

#DEAD03 #03DE3F #0334DE #DE03A2

split-complementary

#DEAD03 #03A2DE #3F03DE

monochromatic

#654F01 #A27E02 #DEAD03 #FCCB22 #FDD95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DEAD03 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#DEAD03 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD03

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD03	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD03	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0B91A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead03;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.157 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec565',
    500: '#dead03',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead03;
$custom-light: #eec565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead03",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.575,
    "s": 97.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77081,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.45423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD03

secondary

#5D7AE0

accent

#59FF29

background

#FFFCF6

surface

#FFF8EB

border

#D7D1C6

text

#181207

muted

#86817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD03

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

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