#DEAD8B#DEAD8B

#DEAD8B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.074 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD8B
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 139)
HSL	hsl(25, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(25, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 13.37, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 27.77, 61.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0411 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.074 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7295, 47.2835, 30.9283)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD8B #8BBCDE

analogous

#DE8B92 #DEAD8B #DED68B

triadic

#DEAD8B #8BDEAD #AD8BDE

tetradic

#DEAD8B #92DE8B #8BBCDE #D68BDE

square

#DEAD8B #92DE8B #8BBCDE #D68BDE

split-complementary

#DEAD8B #8BDED6 #8B92DE

monochromatic

#BA6B35 #D08B5B #DEAD8B #ECCFBB #F8EEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DEAD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#DEAD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD8B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD8B	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.074 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac5ad',
    500: '#dead8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead8b;
$custom-light: #eac5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.578,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78407,
    "c": 0.07376,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD8B

secondary

#D7E4EE

accent

#81C322

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#161310

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD8B

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

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