#E09442#E09442

#E09442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09442
RGB	rgb(224, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 21.47, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 57.60, 68.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0566 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.133 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3169, 37.4243, 10.1482)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09442 #428EE0

analogous

#E04542 #E09442 #DDE042

triadic

#E09442 #42E094 #9442E0

tetradic

#E09442 #42E045 #428EE0 #E042DD

square

#E09442 #42E045 #428EE0 #E042DD

split-complementary

#E09442 #42DDE0 #4542E0

monochromatic

#905618 #C57620 #E09442 #E9B277 #F1D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#E09442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#E09442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09442

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09442	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb37a',
    500: '#e09442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09442;
$custom-light: #efb37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.139,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09442

secondary

#9FBEDF

accent

#90EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09442

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

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