#DEAD48#DEAD48

#DEAD48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.130 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD48
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 7.59, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 57.43, 82.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0168 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.13 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2402, 45.8878, 12.5514)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD48 #4879DE

analogous

#DE6248 #DEAD48 #C4DE48

triadic

#DEAD48 #48DEAD #AD48DE

tetradic

#DEAD48 #48DE62 #4879DE #DE48C4

square

#DEAD48 #48DE62 #4879DE #DE48C4

split-complementary

#DEAD48 #48C4DE #6248DE

monochromatic

#916A1A #C59024 #DEAD48 #E7C47C #F1DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DEAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#DEAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD48

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD48	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.130 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc580',
    500: '#dead48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead48;
$custom-light: #ecc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD48

secondary

#A3B6DF

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD48

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

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