#E09C44#E09C44

#E09C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C44
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 69.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 17.29, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 57.24, 72.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0445 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.131 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6754, 40.0453, 10.8970)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C44 #4488E0

analogous

#E04E44 #E09C44 #D6E044

triadic

#E09C44 #44E09C #9C44E0

tetradic

#E09C44 #44E04E #4488E0 #E044D6

square

#E09C44 #44E04E #4488E0 #E044D6

split-complementary

#E09C44 #44D6E0 #4E44E0

monochromatic

#915D18 #C67E21 #E09C44 #E9B878 #F1D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E09C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#E09C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C44

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C44	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb97c',
    500: '#e09c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c44;
$custom-light: #eeb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C44

secondary

#A0BCE0

accent

#88EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C44

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

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