#E09C46#E09C46

#E09C46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C46
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 68.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 17.40, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 56.42, 72.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0451 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.129 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7375, 40.0701, 11.2240)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C46 #468AE0

analogous

#E04F46 #E09C46 #D7E046

triadic

#E09C46 #46E09C #9C46E0

tetradic

#E09C46 #46E04F #468AE0 #E046D7

square

#E09C46 #46E04F #468AE0 #E046D7

split-complementary

#E09C46 #46D7E0 #4F46E0

monochromatic

#935D19 #C77E21 #E09C46 #E9B87A #F2D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E09C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#E09C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C46

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C46	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)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb97d',
    500: '#e09c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c46;
$custom-light: #eeb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.506,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C46

secondary

#A2BDE0

accent

#89EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C46

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

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