#DEAD61#DEAD61

#DEAD61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.110 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD61
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 9.26, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 46.38, 78.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0249 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.11 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2278, 46.2828, 17.7529)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD61 #6192DE

analogous

#DE6E61 #DEAD61 #D0DE61

triadic

#DEAD61 #61DEAD #AD61DE

tetradic

#DEAD61 #61DE6E #6192DE #DE61D0

square

#DEAD61 #61DE6E #6192DE #DE61D0

split-complementary

#DEAD61 #61D0DE #6E61DE

monochromatic

#A37022 #D3932E #DEAD61 #E9C794 #F3E2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#DEAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD61

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD61	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.110 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc590',
    500: '#dead61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead61;
$custom-light: #ebc590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.48,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77696,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD61

secondary

#B7C8E4

accent

#5FCD18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD61

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

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