#E09252#E09252

#E09252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09252
RGB	rgb(224, 146, 82)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 23.47, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 51.12, 62.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0648 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.124 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5453, 37.0181, 12.8855)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09252 #52A0E0

analogous

#E05259 #E09252 #E0D952

triadic

#E09252 #52E092 #9252E0

tetradic

#E09252 #59E052 #52A0E0 #D952E0

square

#E09252 #59E052 #52A0E0 #D952E0

split-complementary

#E09252 #52E0D9 #5259E0

monochromatic

#9C551C #D07225 #E09252 #E9B386 #F3D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E09252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#E09252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09252

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09252	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 146, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb284',
    500: '#e09252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09252;
$custom-light: #eeb284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09252

secondary

#ACCAE2

accent

#9DEC3B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5EF

border

#D7CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09252

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

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