#DEAD51#DEAD51

#DEAD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD51
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 8.13, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 53.57, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0195 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.123 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5556, 46.0139, 14.2125)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD51 #5182DE

analogous

#DE6751 #DEAD51 #C9DE51

triadic

#DEAD51 #51DEAD #AD51DE

tetradic

#DEAD51 #51DE67 #5182DE #DE51C9

square

#DEAD51 #51DE67 #5182DE #DE51C9

split-complementary

#DEAD51 #51C9DE #6751DE

monochromatic

#986D1D #CB9227 #DEAD51 #E8C584 #F2DDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DEAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#DEAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD51

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD51	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc585',
    500: '#dead51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead51;
$custom-light: #ecc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77504,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD51

secondary

#AABDE1

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD51

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

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