#E09A42#E09A42

#E09A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09A42
RGB	rgb(224, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 18.26, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 57.89, 71.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0471 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.132 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2825, 39.3556, 10.4700)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09A42 #4288E0

analogous

#E04B42 #E09A42 #D7E042

triadic

#E09A42 #42E09A #9A42E0

tetradic

#E09A42 #42E04B #4288E0 #E042D7

square

#E09A42 #42E04B #4288E0 #E042D7

split-complementary

#E09A42 #42D7E0 #4B42E0

monochromatic

#905B18 #C57C20 #E09A42 #E9B677 #F1D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#E09A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#E09A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09A42

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09A42	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb77b',
    500: '#e09a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09a42;
$custom-light: #efb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.418,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09A42

secondary

#9FBBDF

accent

#8AEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09A42

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

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