#DEAD8D#DEAD8D

#DEAD8D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.072 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD8D
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(24, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 13.60, 23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 26.99, 59.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% 0.0419 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.072 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8769, 47.3425, 31.7050)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD8D #8DBEDE

analogous

#DE8D95 #DEAD8D #DED58D

triadic

#DEAD8D #8DDEAD #AD8DDE

tetradic

#DEAD8D #95DE8D #8DBEDE #D58DDE

square

#DEAD8D #95DE8D #8DBEDE #D58DDE

split-complementary

#DEAD8D #8DDED5 #8D95DE

monochromatic

#BB6A36 #D08B5E #DEAD8D #ECCFBC #F8EEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DEAD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#DEAD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD8D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD8D	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.072 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac5ae',
    500: '#dead8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead8d;
$custom-light: #eac5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.704,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD8D

secondary

#D9E6EE

accent

#84C323

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#161310

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD8D

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

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