#DEAD0F#DEAD0F

#DEAD0F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.155 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD0F
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 15)
HSL	hsl(46, 87%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 93%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 93.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 5.71, 74.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 74.46, 85.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0062 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.155 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1571, 45.4545, 6.8471)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD0F #0F40DE

analogous

#DE460F #DEAD0F #A8DE0F

triadic

#DEAD0F #0FDEAD #AD0FDE

tetradic

#DEAD0F #0FDE46 #0F40DE #DE0FA8

square

#DEAD0F #0FDE46 #0F40DE #DE0FA8

split-complementary

#DEAD0F #0FA8DE #460FDE

monochromatic

#6B5407 #A5800B #DEAD0F #F2C639 #F5D672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DEAD0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#DEAD0F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD0F

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD0F	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB91F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F29C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.155 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec567',
    500: '#dead0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead0f;
$custom-light: #eec567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.797,
    "s": 87.342,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77101,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD0F

secondary

#6D87DC

accent

#5CFE2A

background

#FFFCF6

surface

#FFF8EB

border

#D7D1C6

text

#181207

muted

#86817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD0F

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

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