#E09C49#E09C49

#E09C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.128 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C49
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 17.57, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 55.19, 71.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.046 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.128 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8345, 40.1089, 11.7352)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C49 #498DE0

analogous

#E05049 #E09C49 #D9E049

triadic

#E09C49 #49E09C #9C49E0

tetradic

#E09C49 #49E050 #498DE0 #E049D9

square

#E09C49 #49E050 #498DE0 #E049D9

split-complementary

#E09C49 #49D9E0 #5049E0

monochromatic

#955D19 #C97E22 #E09C49 #E9B87D #F2D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E09C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#E09C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C49

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C49	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.128 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb97f',
    500: '#e09c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c49;
$custom-light: #eeb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.98,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C49

secondary

#A4BFE0

accent

#8BEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C49

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

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