#DEAD4E#DEAD4E

#DEAD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.125 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD4E
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 7.94, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 54.88, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0186 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.125 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4456, 45.9699, 13.6330)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD4E #4E7FDE

analogous

#DE654E #DEAD4E #C7DE4E

triadic

#DEAD4E #4EDEAD #AD4EDE

tetradic

#DEAD4E #4EDE65 #4E7FDE #DE4EC7

square

#DEAD4E #4EDE65 #4E7FDE #DE4EC7

split-complementary

#DEAD4E #4EC7DE #654EDE

monochromatic

#966C1C #C99226 #DEAD4E #E8C582 #F1DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DEAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#DEAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD4E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD4E	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)

#C1AD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.125 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc583',
    500: '#dead4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead4e;
$custom-light: #ecc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77472,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD4E

secondary

#A8BBE0

accent

#78EB3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD4E

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

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