#DEAD9B#DEAD9B

#DEAD9B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.063 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAD9B
RGB	rgb(222, 173, 155)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(16, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 15.36, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 22.26, 46.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0475 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.063 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9852, 47.7858, 37.5420)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAD9B #9BCCDE

analogous

#DE9BAB #DEAD9B #DECF9B

triadic

#DEAD9B #9BDEAD #AD9BDE

tetradic

#DEAD9B #ABDE9B #9BCCDE #CF9BDE

square

#DEAD9B #ABDE9B #9BCCDE #CF9BDE

split-complementary

#DEAD9B #9BDECF #9BABDE

monochromatic

#BF623F #CF876D #DEAD9B #EDD3C9 #F7ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DEAD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DEAD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAD9B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAD9B	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dead9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 173, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.063 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c5b8',
    500: '#dead9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dead9b;
$custom-light: #e9c5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dead9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.06305,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAD9B

secondary

#DDEAEE

accent

#95BE28

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAD9B

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

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