CSS named color
NavajoWhite #FFDEAD
NavajoWhite (CSS keyword navajowhite) has the hex code #FFDEAD and the RGB value rgb(255, 222, 173): a pale, muted beige.
A light peach-tan (#ffdead), darker than its "white" suggests. The name, taken from the Navajo people, is also used for off-white house paints; the X11 list gives no source.
Color codes for NavajoWhite
| CSS keyword | navajowhite |
|---|---|
| HEX | #FFDEAD |
| RGB | rgb(255, 222, 173) |
| HSL | hsl(36, 100%, 84%) |
| HWB | hwb(36 68% 0%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4) |
| CMYK (naive, no ICC profile) | cmyk(0%, 13%, 32%, 0%) |
| Decimal | 16,768,685 |
| Hue family | Browns and tans |
Contrast and accessibility
On navajowhite, black text has a contrast ratio of 16.30:1 and passes AAA at any text size; white text reaches 1.28:1.
WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios (success criteria 1.4.3 and 1.4.6: AA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1 and 4.5:1). APCA Lc is the lightness contrast from the APCA-W3 0.0.98G model proposed for WCAG 3; a higher absolute value is more readable, and Lc 75 is its suggested minimum for body text.
| Pair | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | AAA large | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black text on navajowhite | 16.30:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | 89.4 |
| White text on navajowhite | 1.28:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | −16.4 |
| Navajowhite text on white | 1.28:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | 14.3 |
| Navajowhite text on black | 16.30:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | −89.6 |
Tints and shades
Each step mixes navajowhite with white (tints) or black (shades) in gamma-encoded sRGB, the same result as color-mix(in srgb, navajowhite, white 25%) in CSS.
Tints (mixed with white)
- 5%
#ffe0b1 - 15%
#ffe3b9 - 25%
#ffe6c2 - 35%
#ffeaca - 45%
#ffedd2 - 55%
#fff0da - 65%
#fff3e2 - 75%
#fff7eb - 85%
#fffaf3 - 95%
#fffdfb
Shades (mixed with black)
- 5%
#f2d3a4 - 15%
#d9bd93 - 25%
#bfa782 - 35%
#a69070 - 45%
#8c7a5f - 55%
#73644e - 65%
#594e3d - 75%
#40382b - 85%
#26211a - 95%
#0d0b09
Color harmonies
Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, navajowhite's complementary color is #CAE6FF (close to lavender), its analogous colors are #FFD6BB and #E8E8AF, and its triadic partners are #A9F3F4 and #F8D5FF. For text on top, black gives the higher contrast.
| Harmony | Rotation | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Complementary | +180° | #cae6ff |
| Analogous | −30°, +30° | #ffd6bb#e8e8af |
| Triadic | +120°, +240° | #a9f3f4#f8d5ff |
| Split-complementary | +150°, +210° | #b0eeff#e0deff |
Computed in OKLCH: the hue is rotated by 180° (complementary), ±30° (analogous), ±120° (triadic) and 180° ±30° (split-complementary) while lightness and chroma stay fixed. Results that fall outside sRGB are brought back with the CSS Color 4 gamut mapping algorithm. Because this uses OKLCH, the values differ from tools that rotate hue in HSL, but every color keeps the same perceived lightness.
Warm or cool?
NavajoWhite is a warm color: its hue is 36° on the HSL wheel, in the red, orange and yellow range (0° to about 70°, plus reds above 330°) that is conventionally called warm.
Nearest named and Tailwind colors
Distance is ΔE OK, the Euclidean distance in OKLab multiplied by 100. Values under about 2 are hard to tell apart side by side.
Nearest CSS named colors
Nearest Tailwind v4 colors
| Color | HEX | ΔE OK |
|---|---|---|
| orange-200 | #ffd6a7 | 1.8 |
| orange-100 | #ffedd4 | 5.1 |
| amber-100 | #fef3c6 | 5.2 |
Code snippets
.element {
color: navajowhite;
background-color: #ffdead;
border-color: rgb(255 222 173);
outline-color: oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4);
}<div class="bg-[#ffdead] text-black">...</div>
/* or register it once in your CSS (Tailwind v4) */
@theme {
--color-navajowhite: #ffdead;
}
/* then use bg-navajowhite, text-navajowhite, border-navajowhite */import SwiftUI
extension Color {
static let navajowhite = Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.871, blue: 0.678)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
val Navajowhite = Color(0xFFFFDEAD)import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
const navajowhite = Color(0xFFFFDEAD);<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="navajowhite">#FFDEAD</color>Frequently asked questions
- What is the hex code for navajowhite?
- The hex code for navajowhite is #FFDEAD. The same color is rgb(255, 222, 173), hsl(36, 100%, 84%) and oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4), and in CSS you can also write the keyword navajowhite directly.
- Is navajowhite a warm or cool color?
- NavajoWhite is a warm color: its hue is 36° on the HSL wheel, in the red, orange and yellow range (0° to about 70°, plus reds above 330°) that is conventionally called warm.
- What colors go with navajowhite?
- Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, navajowhite's complementary color is #CAE6FF (close to lavender), its analogous colors are #FFD6BB and #E8E8AF, and its triadic partners are #A9F3F4 and #F8D5FF. For text on top, black gives the higher contrast.
- Can you use white text on navajowhite?
- White text on navajowhite has a contrast ratio of 1.28:1, which fails AA even for large text under WCAG 2.2. Black text reaches 16.30:1 and passes both AA and AAA. In APCA terms that is Lc −16.4 for white and Lc 89.4 for black.
- What is the RGB value of navajowhite?
- NavajoWhite is rgb(255, 222, 173): red 255, green 222 and blue 173 on the 0 to 255 scale, or 100.0%, 87.1% and 67.8%. As a decimal integer it is 16768685.
Last reviewed by Arielton Oberek.