#DEAD56#DEAD56

#DEAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.119 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD56
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 8.46, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 51.36, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.0211 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.119 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7500, 46.0917, 15.2366)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD56 #5687DE

analogous

#DE6956 #DEAD56 #CBDE56

triadic

#DEAD56 #56DEAD #AD56DE

tetradic

#DEAD56 #56DE69 #5687DE #DE56CB

square

#DEAD56 #56DE69 #5687DE #DE56CB

split-complementary

#DEAD56 #56CBDE #6956DE

monochromatic

#9B6E1E #CE9328 #DEAD56 #E8C689 #F2DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DEAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#DEAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD56

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD56	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.119 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc588',
    500: '#dead56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead56;
$custom-light: #ecc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7756,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD56

secondary

#AEC1E2

accent

#59CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD56

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

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