#dead00

Color #dead00

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dead00

RGB

rgb(222, 173, 0)

HSL

hsl(46.8, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.8, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 100%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(73.17, 5.56, 76)

LCH

lch(73.17, 76.2, 85.82)

OKLCH

oklch(77.1%, 0.1576, 88.07)

HWB

hwb(46.8, 0%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0031de

Analogous

#de3e00

#dead00

#a0de00

Triadic

#dead00

#00dead

#ad00de

Split-complementary

#dead00

#00a0de

#3e00de

Tetradic

#dead00

#31de00

#0031de

#ad00de

Square

#dead00

#00de3e

#0031de

#de00a0

Shades

Color #dead00 mixed toward black.

#b99000

#947300

#6f5700

#4a3a00

#251d00

Tints

Color #dead00 mixed toward white.

#ffca0f

#ffd53f

#ffdf6f

#ffea9f

#fff4cf

Tones

Color #dead00 mixed toward gray.

#cba312

#b99825

#a68e37

#94844a

#81795c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbca5a · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#cdd163 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#dc767b · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 28.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #dead00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dead00]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#dead00 (#dead00) is rgb(222, 173, 0) in RGB.

No, #dead00 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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