#DEAD4D#DEAD4D

#DEAD4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.126 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD4D
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 7.88, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 55.31, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0182 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.126 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4100, 45.9557, 13.4457)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD4D #4D7EDE

analogous

#DE644D #DEAD4D #C6DE4D

triadic

#DEAD4D #4DDEAD #AD4DDE

tetradic

#DEAD4D #4DDE64 #4D7EDE #DE4DC6

square

#DEAD4D #4DDE64 #4D7EDE #DE4DC6

split-complementary

#DEAD4D #4DC6DE #644DDE

monochromatic

#956C1C #C99125 #DEAD4D #E8C581 #F1DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DEAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DEAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD4D

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD4D	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.126 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc583',
    500: '#dead4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead4d;
$custom-light: #ecc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77462,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD4D

secondary

#A7BAE0

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD4D

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

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