#E09556#E09556

#E09556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09556
RGB	rgb(224, 149, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 22.13, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 49.49, 63.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0614 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.12 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1705, 38.0178, 13.8668)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09556 #56A1E0

analogous

#E0565C #E09556 #E0DA56

triadic

#E09556 #56E095 #9556E0

tetradic

#E09556 #5CE056 #56A1E0 #DA56E0

square

#E09556 #5CE056 #56A1E0 #DA56E0

split-complementary

#E09556 #56E0DA #565CE0

monochromatic

#9F581D #D27527 #E09556 #E9B58A #F3D6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#E09556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#E09556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09556

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09556	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 149, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb487',
    500: '#e09556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09556;
$custom-light: #eeb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73262,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09556

secondary

#AFCBE3

accent

#7BD115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09556

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

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