#DEAD5E#DEAD5E

#DEAD5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD5E
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, 9.03, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 47.75, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0238 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.113 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0906, 46.2279, 17.0301)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD5E #5E8FDE

analogous

#DE6D5E #DEAD5E #CFDE5E

triadic

#DEAD5E #5EDEAD #AD5EDE

tetradic

#DEAD5E #5EDE6D #5E8FDE #DE5ECF

square

#DEAD5E #5EDE6D #5E8FDE #DE5ECF

split-complementary

#DEAD5E #5ECFDE #6D5EDE

monochromatic

#A17021 #D3932B #DEAD5E #E8C791 #F3E1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DEAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD5E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD5E	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc58e',
    500: '#dead5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead5e;
$custom-light: #ebc58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.031,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD5E

secondary

#B4C6E4

accent

#5DCE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD5E

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

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