#DEAD59#DEAD59

#DEAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.117 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD59
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, 8.67, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 50.01, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0221 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.117 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8734, 46.1411, 15.8865)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD59 #598ADE

analogous

#DE6A59 #DEAD59 #CCDE59

triadic

#DEAD59 #59DEAD #AD59DE

tetradic

#DEAD59 #59DE6A #598ADE #DE59CC

square

#DEAD59 #59DE6A #598ADE #DE59CC

split-complementary

#DEAD59 #59CCDE #6A59DE

monochromatic

#9D6F1F #D09329 #DEAD59 #E8C68C #F2DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#DEAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD59

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD59	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.117 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc58a',
    500: '#dead59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead59;
$custom-light: #ecc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77595,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD59

secondary

#B0C3E2

accent

#5BCF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD59

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

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