Navajo White #FFDEAD

About this color

#FFDEAD is a very light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 92%, its chroma 0.073 and its hue 77°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Navajo White. Black text reads best on it, at 16.30:1.

Colors that go with Navajo White

Matches found by rotating Navajo White around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Navajo White

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Navajo White, closest first.

• Attic Trunk
• Sorrel Pasture
• Cabinet and Whiteboard
• Paprika Pantry
• Velvet Dusk
• Lilac Terrace
• Orchid Dusk
• Nightshade and Violet

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Navajo White, with their ΔE distance.

• Moccasin #FFE4B5 ΔE 0.015
• Wheat #F5DEB3 ΔE 0.015
• Light Peach #FFD8B1 ΔE 0.018
• Pale Peach #FFE5AD ΔE 0.018
• Peach Puff #FFDAB9 ΔE 0.021
• Bisque #FFE4C4 ΔE 0.028
• Lemon Meringue #EAE2B7 ΔE 0.030
• Pale Goldenrod #EEE8AA ΔE 0.035

More about Navajo White

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Navajo White

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts white
• 1 part orange

Recipe result: #FEDEA4, a difference of ΔE 0.012 from Navajo White. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Navajo White in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Navajo White

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FAF5EC

   oklch(97.2% 0.013 82.4)

2. Step 100

   100 (this color)

   #FFDEAD

   oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4)

3. Step 200

   200

   #EDD5B3

   oklch(88.4% 0.052 76.5)

4. Step 300

   300

   #E3B97A

   oklch(80.9% 0.094 76.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #D39200

   oklch(70.6% 0.148 77.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #B57D00

   oklch(63.1% 0.132 77.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #986900

   oklch(55.6% 0.116 77.9)

8. Step 700

   700

   #815800

   oklch(49.2% 0.103 77.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #6A4700

   oklch(42.6% 0.089 76.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #583B00

    oklch(37.6% 0.078 77.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #352200

    oklch(26.9% 0.056 77.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Navajo White with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.