#DEAD18#DEAD18

#DEAD18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.153 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD18
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 24)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 89%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 89.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 5.85, 72.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 72.94, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% 0.007 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.153 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2357, 45.4860, 7.2611)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD18 #1849DE

analogous

#DE4A18 #DEAD18 #ACDE18

triadic

#DEAD18 #18DEAD #AD18DE

tetradic

#DEAD18 #18DE4A #1849DE #DE18AC

square

#DEAD18 #18DE4A #1849DE #DE18AC

split-complementary

#DEAD18 #18ACDE #4A18DE

monochromatic

#70570C #A78212 #DEAD18 #EBC348 #F1D57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DEAD18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#DEAD18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD18

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD18	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.153 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eec569',
    500: '#dead18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead18;
$custom-light: #eec569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.152,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77124,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD18

secondary

#7890D9

accent

#62F731

background

#FFFCF6

surface

#FFF8EC

border

#D7D1C7

text

#181207

muted

#86817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD18

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

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