#E09042#E09042

#E09042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09042
RGB	rgb(224, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 23.61, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 57.53, 65.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0629 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.134 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7003, 36.1911, 9.9426)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09042 #4292E0

analogous

#E04243 #E09042 #E0DF42

triadic

#E09042 #42E090 #9042E0

tetradic

#E09042 #43E042 #4292E0 #DF42E0

square

#E09042 #43E042 #4292E0 #DF42E0

split-complementary

#E09042 #42E0DF #4243E0

monochromatic

#905318 #C57120 #E09042 #E9AF77 #F1CEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E09042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#E09042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09042

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09042	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F47E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb07a',
    500: '#e09042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09042;
$custom-light: #efb07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.62,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09042

secondary

#9FBFDF

accent

#95EF39

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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