#dea400

Color #dea400

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 5.98 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dea400

RGB

rgb(222, 164, 0)

HSL

hsl(44.3, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(44.3, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 100%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(70.93, 10.34, 74.46)

LCH

lch(70.93, 75.17, 82.09)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.1548, 83.03)

HWB

hwb(44.3, 0%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#003ade

Analogous

#de3500

#dea400

#a9de00

Triadic

#dea400

#00dea4

#a400de

Split-complementary

#dea400

#00a9de

#3500de

Tetradic

#dea400

#3ade00

#003ade

#a400de

Square

#dea400

#00de35

#003ade

#de00a9

Shades

Color #dea400 mixed toward black.

#b98800

#946d00

#6f5200

#4a3700

#251b00

Tints

Color #dea400 mixed toward white.

#ffc00f

#ffcd3f

#ffd96f

#ffe69f

#fff2cf

Tones

Color #dea400 mixed toward gray.

#cb9b12

#b99225

#a68937

#94814a

#81785c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c755 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#cbcf5e · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#dc7075 · ΔE 39.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 27.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dea400;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dea400]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Frequently asked questions

#dea400 (#dea400) is rgb(222, 164, 0) in RGB.

No, #dea400 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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