#DEAD99#DEAD99

#DEAD99 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.064 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD99
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(17, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, 15.10, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 22.85, 48.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0467 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.064 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8187, 47.7192, 36.6648)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD99 #99CADE

analogous

#DE99A7 #DEAD99 #DECF99

triadic

#DEAD99 #99DEAD #AD99DE

tetradic

#DEAD99 #A7DE99 #99CADE #CF99DE

square

#DEAD99 #A7DE99 #99CADE #CF99DE

split-complementary

#DEAD99 #99DECF #99A7DE

monochromatic

#BF633E #CF886B #DEAD99 #EDD2C7 #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEAD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DEAD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD99

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD99	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.064 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c5b7',
    500: '#dead99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead99;
$custom-light: #e9c5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78714,
    "c": 0.06416,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD99

secondary

#DCE9EF

accent

#93BE27

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD99

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

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