#E09242#E09242

#E09242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09242
RGB	rgb(224, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 22.54, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 57.55, 66.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0597 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.133 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0059, 36.8023, 10.0445)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09242 #4290E0

analogous

#E04342 #E09242 #DFE042

triadic

#E09242 #42E092 #9242E0

tetradic

#E09242 #42E043 #4290E0 #E042DF

square

#E09242 #42E043 #4290E0 #E042DF

split-complementary

#E09242 #42DFE0 #4342E0

monochromatic

#905518 #C57320 #E09242 #E9B077 #F1CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E09242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#E09242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09242

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09242	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb27a',
    500: '#e09242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09242;
$custom-light: #efb27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.38,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09242

secondary

#9FBEDF

accent

#93EF39

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09242

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

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