#E09856#E09856

#E09856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09856
RGB	rgb(224, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 20.52, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 49.54, 65.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0566 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.119 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6513, 38.9794, 14.0271)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09856 #569EE0

analogous

#E05659 #E09856 #E0DD56

triadic

#E09856 #56E098 #9856E0

tetradic

#E09856 #59E056 #569EE0 #DD56E0

square

#E09856 #59E056 #569EE0 #DD56E0

split-complementary

#E09856 #56E0DD #5659E0

monochromatic

#9F5B1D #D27927 #E09856 #E9B88A #F3D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#E09856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#E09856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09856

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09856	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb687',
    500: '#e09856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09856;
$custom-light: #eeb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73808,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09856

secondary

#AFCAE3

accent

#77D115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09856

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

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