#DEAD55#DEAD55

#DEAD55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD55
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, 8.39, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 51.80, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0208 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.12 80)
XYZ	xyz(46.7100, 46.0757, 15.0258)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD55 #5586DE

analogous

#DE6855 #DEAD55 #CBDE55

triadic

#DEAD55 #55DEAD #AD55DE

tetradic

#DEAD55 #55DE68 #5586DE #DE55CB

square

#DEAD55 #55DE68 #5586DE #DE55CB

split-complementary

#DEAD55 #55CBDE #6855DE

monochromatic

#9B6E1E #CE9328 #DEAD55 #E8C688 #F2DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DEAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DEAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD55

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD55	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc588',
    500: '#dead55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead55;
$custom-light: #ecc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77548,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.46073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD55

secondary

#ADC0E2

accent

#58CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD55

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

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