#DEAD3F#DEAD3F

#DEAD3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.136 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD3F
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 71.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 7.12, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 61.08, 83.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0143 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.136 84)
XYZ	xyz(45.9678, 45.7788, 11.1168)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD3F #3F70DE

analogous

#DE5D3F #DEAD3F #C0DE3F

triadic

#DEAD3F #3FDEAD #AD3FDE

tetradic

#DEAD3F #3FDE5D #3F70DE #DE3FC0

square

#DEAD3F #3FDE5D #3F70DE #DE3FC0

split-complementary

#DEAD3F #3FC0DE #5D3FDE

monochromatic

#8B6718 #BF8E21 #DEAD3F #E7C373 #F0DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DEAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#DEAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD3F

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD3F	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.136 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57a',
    500: '#dead3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead3f;
$custom-light: #edc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.45776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD3F

secondary

#9BB0DD

accent

#72ED3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD3F

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

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