#E09659#E09659

#E09659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09659
RGB	rgb(224, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 21.80, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 48.26, 63.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0609 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.118 59)
XYZ	xyz(43.4528, 38.3850, 14.5698)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09659 #59A3E0

analogous

#E05960 #E09659 #E0DA59

triadic

#E09659 #59E096 #9659E0

tetradic

#E09659 #60E059 #59A3E0 #DA59E0

square

#E09659 #60E059 #59A3E0 #DA59E0

split-complementary

#E09659 #59E0DA #5960E0

monochromatic

#A1591E #D47628 #E09659 #EAB78D #F3D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#E09659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#E09659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09659

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09659	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb589',
    500: '#e09659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09659;
$custom-light: #eeb589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.111,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.38381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09659

secondary

#B1CDE4

accent

#7CD015

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09659

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

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