#E09942#E09942

#E09942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09942
RGB	rgb(224, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 18.80, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 57.83, 71.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0487 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.132 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1182, 39.0269, 10.4153)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09942 #4289E0

analogous

#E04A42 #E09942 #D8E042

triadic

#E09942 #42E099 #9942E0

tetradic

#E09942 #42E04A #4289E0 #E042D8

square

#E09942 #42E04A #4289E0 #E042D8

split-complementary

#E09942 #42D8E0 #4A42E0

monochromatic

#905A18 #C57B20 #E09942 #E9B577 #F1D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#E09942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#E09942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09942

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09942	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)

#B19E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb77b',
    500: '#e09942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09942;
$custom-light: #efb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.038,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09942

secondary

#9FBCDF

accent

#8BEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09942

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

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