#E09255#E09255

#E09255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09255
RGB	rgb(224, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 23.67, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 49.90, 61.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0659 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.122 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6620, 37.0648, 13.4999)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09255 #55A3E0

analogous

#E0555D #E09255 #E0D755

triadic

#E09255 #55E092 #9255E0

tetradic

#E09255 #5DE055 #55A3E0 #D755E0

square

#E09255 #5DE055 #55A3E0 #D755E0

split-complementary

#E09255 #55E0D7 #555DE0

monochromatic

#9E551D #D27126 #E09255 #E9B389 #F3D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E09255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#E09255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09255

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09255	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb286',
    500: '#e09255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09255;
$custom-light: #eeb286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.331,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7271,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09255

secondary

#AECCE3

accent

#7ED114

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5EF

border

#D7CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09255

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

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