#E09842#E09842

#E09842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09842
RGB	rgb(224, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 19.33, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.77, 70.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0502 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.132 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9552, 38.7009, 10.3609)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09842 #428AE0

analogous

#E04942 #E09842 #D9E042

triadic

#E09842 #42E098 #9842E0

tetradic

#E09842 #42E049 #428AE0 #E042D9

square

#E09842 #42E049 #428AE0 #E042D9

split-complementary

#E09842 #42D9E0 #4942E0

monochromatic

#905918 #C57A20 #E09842 #E9B577 #F1D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#E09842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#E09842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09842

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09842	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb67b',
    500: '#e09842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09842;
$custom-light: #efb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.658,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09842

secondary

#9FBCDF

accent

#8CEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09842

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

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