#DEAD8E#DEAD8E

#DEAD8E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.071 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD8E
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 142)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(23, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 13.72, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 26.61, 58.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0423 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.071 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9517, 47.3724, 32.0986)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD8E #8EBFDE

analogous

#DE8E97 #DEAD8E #DED58E

triadic

#DEAD8E #8EDEAD #AD8EDE

tetradic

#DEAD8E #97DE8E #8EBFDE #D58EDE

square

#DEAD8E #97DE8E #8EBFDE #D58EDE

split-complementary

#DEAD8E #8EDED5 #8E97DE

monochromatic

#BB6A37 #D08B5F #DEAD8E #ECCFBD #F8EEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DEAD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#DEAD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD8E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD8E	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#BBB18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.071 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac5af',
    500: '#dead8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead8e;
$custom-light: #eac5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD8E

secondary

#DAE6EE

accent

#85C223

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#161310

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD8E

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

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