Navajo White #FFDEAD

Navajo White color (#FFDEAD)

Navajo White is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword navajowhite anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FFDEAD, which is rgb(255, 222, 173) in RGB.

It is a very light, moderately saturated warm color with a hue angle of 36° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 92% in OKLCH. On a navajo white background, black text gives the higher contrast at 16.30:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Navajo White color codes

CSS name navajowhite
HEX #FFDEAD
HEX (8-digit) #FFDEADFF
RGB rgb(255, 222, 173)
HSL hsl(36, 100%, 84%)
HSV / HSB hsv(36, 32%, 100%)
OKLCH oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4)
CMYK cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 32.2%, 0%)

Contrast with white and black

WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for navajo white used as text and as a background.

Aa Sample text
Navajo White text on white
1.28:1 WCAG Lc 14.3 APCA Fails AA
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Navajo White text on black
16.30:1 WCAG Lc -89.6 APCA Passes AA
Aa Sample text
White text on navajo white
1.28:1 WCAG Lc -16.4 APCA Fails AA
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Black text on navajo white
16.30:1 WCAG Lc 89.4 APCA Passes AA

Tints and shades of navajo white

Tints mix navajo white with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.

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Colors that go with navajo white

Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.

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Navajo White with color blindness

Approximately how navajo white appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.

Using navajo white in CSS

.element {
  color: navajowhite;
  background-color: #ffdead;
  border-color: rgb(255 222 173 / 50%);
  outline-color: oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4);
}

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