Inspect NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
NavajoWhite
#FFDEAD
Black text reads best on this background, at 16.3:1.
NavajoWhite is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFDEAD in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 222, 173) and hsl(36, 100%, 84%). Perceptually it is a very light, muted color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 92% and its chroma at 0.073. It sits in the oranges at 77 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a warm color.
White text only reaches 1.29:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 16.3:1. Because it is this light, NavajoWhite works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to NavajoWhite, measured with CIEDE2000, are Moccasin (#FFE4B5), Wheat (#F5DEB3), Bisque (#FFE4C4). If NavajoWhite is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FFDEAD
RGB
rgb(255, 222, 173)
HSL
hsl(36, 100%, 84%)
HWB
hwb(36 68% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 13%, 32%, 0%)
LAB
lab(90.39 6.73 28.54)
LCH
lch(90.39 29.33 76.72)
OKLCH
oklch(91.64% 0.073 77.44)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFDEAD white text measures 1.29:1 and black text 16.3:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on NavajoWhite
WCAG 2.2
1.29:1
APCA
Lc 16
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on NavajoWhite
WCAG 2.2
16.3:1
APCA
Lc 89
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check NavajoWhite against any other color in the contrast checker.
NavajoWhite sits at 92% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #FFF7EC and down to #0A0500, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#FFE3BA
20% lighter
#FFE8C7
40% lighter
#FFEDD4
60% lighter
#FFF2E0
80% lighter
#FFF7EC
100% lighter
#CAAB7B
20% darker
#987A4C
40% darker
#684C1E
60% darker
#382400
80% darker
#0A0500
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FFDEAD in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FFDEAD in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
NavajoWhite sits at 77 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 257 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of NavajoWhite at 47 and 107 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
77, 197 and 317 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 257 degrees, this pair flanks it at 227 and 287. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around NavajoWhite on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under tritanopia, where #FFDEAD reads as #FFD4CF, 17.9 CIEDE2000 units away. If NavajoWhite is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#EDDDAA
Deuteranopia
#F5E5AE
Tritanopia
#FFD4CF
Achromatopsia
#E2E1E1
The nearest CSS keywords to #FFDEAD, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.