CSS named color

Navajo White #FFDEAD

The CSS keyword navajowhite is #FFDEAD. It is a pale muted amber in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.916, chroma 0.073 and hue 77.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.7652
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.916 · 0.073 · 77.4
Best text: Black 16.30:1
Hue family: Orange

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#FFDEAD color codes

HEX: #FFDEAD
RGB: rgb(255, 222, 173)
HSL: hsl(36, 100%, 84%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.916 0.073 77.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.916 0.016 0.071)
CIELAB (D65): L* 90.10, a* 4.51, b* 28.27
XYZ (D65): X 74.91, Y 76.52, Z 50.35
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 13%, 32%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FFDEAD accessible?

Black text on it reaches 16.30:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.28:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

16.30:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +89
White text on it

1.28:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −16
Text is here, unreadable at 1.28:1
As text on black

16.30:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −89
As text on white

1.28:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +14
Text is here, unreadable at 1.28:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#8E7143 4.57:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.92 to 0.57 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFDEAD 16.30:1

It already reaches 16.30:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFDEAD live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FFDEAD

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFDEAD sits at step 100.

50#FFF3E3

White
1.09
Black
19.18
100This color#FFDEAD

White
1.28
Black
16.30
200#F0D3A8

White
1.43
Black
14.58
300#D7B98C

White
1.87
Black
11.20
400#BB9C6E

White
2.59
Black
8.09
500#9F8153

White
3.65
Black
5.73
600#86693C

White
5.12
Black
4.09
700#6E5326

White
7.17
Black
2.92
800#533B0F

White
10.49
Black
2.00
900#392400

White
14.72
Black
1.42
950#211300

White
18.13
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FFDEAD can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.073; #FFDEAD uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.091 there: 25% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.073
sRGB edge: 0.073
Display P3 edge: 0.091
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.139
Dominant wavelength: 579 nm
Excitation purity: 30%
Chromaticity: x 0.3712, y 0.3792

This color#FFDEAD
Most vivid in sRGB#FFDEAD
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.916 0.091 77.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ffdead;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8699 0.6508); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFDEAD

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FFEFD6
OKLab50%#FFEFD7
OKLCH50%#FFEFD7

Black #000000

sRGB50%#806F57
OKLab50%#635541
OKLCH50%#635541

Its complement #D3E5FF

sRGB50%#E9E2D6
OKLab50%#EAE2D8
OKLCH50%#FFD6EA

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffdead, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffdead 50%, white);

In use

#FFDEAD in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.30:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.28:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.28:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.28:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8E7143 4.57:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.30:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.54:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.54:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.54:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFDEAD looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 18.2; protanopia changes it least, 6.6.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#ECDEAA ΔE2000 6.6

Noticeable

Reads as pale muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#F4E6AE ΔE2000 6.9

Noticeable

Reads as pale muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFD5D1 ΔE2000 18.2

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E3E3E3 ΔE2000 17.5

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #D3E5FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FFDEAD · #D3E5FF	29.0	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#ECDEAA · #DCE6FF	29.2	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#F4E6AE · #D8E2FE	31.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFD5D1 · #C8EAED	29.8	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#E3E3E3 · #E3E3E3	0.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFDEAD

Its complement is #D3E5FF, a pale grayish blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FFDEAD
Complement#D3E5FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFDBC9
Base#FFDEAD
+30°#E8E8AF

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FFDEAD
+120°#A9F3F4
+240°#F5D7FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FFDEAD
+150°#C0EBFF
+210°#E1E0FF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-navajowhite: #ffdead;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        navajowhite: '#ffdead',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-navajowhite: oklch(0.916 0.073 77.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "navajowhite": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.8706, 0.6784],
        "hex": "#ffdead"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color navajowhite"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let navajowhite = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.871, blue: 0.678, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Navajowhite = Color(0xFFFFDEAD)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #FFDEAD in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Navajo White #FFDEAD

#FFDEAD color codes

Contrast: is #FFDEAD accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FFDEAD live

Shades and tints of #FFDEAD

How vivid #FFDEAD can get

Mixing #FFDEAD

#FFDEAD in an interface

How #FFDEAD looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFDEAD

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FFDEAD in the tools