#DEAD57#DEAD57

#DEAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD57
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, 8.53, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 50.91, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0214 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.118 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7906, 46.1079, 15.4502)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD57 #5788DE

analogous

#DE6957 #DEAD57 #CCDE57

triadic

#DEAD57 #57DEAD #AD57DE

tetradic

#DEAD57 #57DE69 #5788DE #DE57CC

square

#DEAD57 #57DE69 #5788DE #DE57CC

split-complementary

#DEAD57 #57CCDE #6957DE

monochromatic

#9C6E1F #CF9329 #DEAD57 #E8C68A #F2DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#DEAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD57

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD57	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C1AE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc589',
    500: '#dead57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead57;
$custom-light: #ecc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD57

secondary

#AFC1E2

accent

#59CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD57

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

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