#E09B59#E09B59

#E09B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09B59
RGB	rgb(224, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 19.12, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 48.39, 66.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0529 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.117 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2678, 40.0149, 14.8414)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09B59 #599EE0

analogous

#E0595B #E09B59 #E0DE59

triadic

#E09B59 #59E09B #9B59E0

tetradic

#E09B59 #5BE059 #599EE0 #DE59E0

square

#E09B59 #5BE059 #599EE0 #DE59E0

split-complementary

#E09B59 #59E0DE #595BE0

monochromatic

#A15E1E #D47C28 #E09B59 #EABA8D #F3D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E09B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#E09B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09B59

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09B59	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb88a',
    500: '#e09b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09b59;
$custom-light: #eeb88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.333,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09B59

secondary

#B1CBE4

accent

#75D015

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09B59

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

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