#E09C45#E09C45

#E09C45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.130 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C45
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 17.35, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 56.83, 72.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0448 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.13 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7062, 40.0576, 11.0591)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C45 #4589E0

analogous

#E04E45 #E09C45 #D7E045

triadic

#E09C45 #45E09C #9C45E0

tetradic

#E09C45 #45E04E #4589E0 #E045D7

square

#E09C45 #45E04E #4589E0 #E045D7

split-complementary

#E09C45 #45D7E0 #4E45E0

monochromatic

#925D18 #C77E21 #E09C45 #E9B879 #F1D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E09C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#E09C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C45

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C45	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)

#B3A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.130 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb97d',
    500: '#e09c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c45;
$custom-light: #eeb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.677,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C45

secondary

#A1BDE0

accent

#89EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C45

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

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