#E09A56#E09A56

#E09A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09A56
RGB	rgb(224, 154, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 19.45, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 49.61, 66.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0534 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.119 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9786, 39.6340, 14.1362)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09A56 #569CE0

analogous

#E05657 #E09A56 #E0DF56

triadic

#E09A56 #56E09A #9A56E0

tetradic

#E09A56 #57E056 #569CE0 #DF56E0

square

#E09A56 #57E056 #569CE0 #DF56E0

split-complementary

#E09A56 #56E0DF #5657E0

monochromatic

#9F5D1D #D27B27 #E09A56 #E9B98A #F3D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E09A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#E09A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09A56

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09A56	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 154, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb787',
    500: '#e09a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09a56;
$custom-light: #eeb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.565,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09A56

secondary

#AFC9E3

accent

#74D115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09A56

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

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