#DEAD39#DEAD39

#DEAD39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.139 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD39
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 6.85, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 63.37, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0128 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.139 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8092, 45.7154, 10.2813)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD39 #396ADE

analogous

#DE5B39 #DEAD39 #BCDE39

triadic

#DEAD39 #39DEAD #AD39DE

tetradic

#DEAD39 #39DE5B #396ADE #DE39BC

square

#DEAD39 #39DE5B #396ADE #DE39BC

split-complementary

#DEAD39 #39BCDE #5B39DE

monochromatic

#866516 #BB8C1F #DEAD39 #E7C36D #EFD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DEAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#DEAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD39

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD39	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.139 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc577',
    500: '#dead39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead39;
$custom-light: #edc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.182,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77289,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD39

secondary

#97ABDC

accent

#6FEE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD39

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

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