#E09C4C#E09C4C
#E09C4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E09C4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(224, 156, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 70%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 66%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 66.1%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.58, 17.74, 50.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.58, 53.94, 70.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.43% 0.0469 0.1165) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.43% 0.126 68.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.9364, 40.1497, 12.2717) |
| Luminance | 0.4015 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.54
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.74
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 5.90
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.27
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E09C4C #4C90E0
analogous
#E0524C #E09C4C #DAE04C
triadic
#E09C4C #4CE09C #9C4CE0
tetradic
#E09C4C #4CE052 #4C90E0 #E04CDA
square
#E09C4C #4CE052 #4C90E0 #E04CDA
split-complementary
#E09C4C #4CDAE0 #524CE0
monochromatic
#975E1A #CC7E23 #E09C4C #E9B980 #F2D6B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#E09C4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.03
#E09C4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E09C4C
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E09C4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E09C4C | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.03 | 9.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A044
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B04E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F38C8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e09c4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 68.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeb981',
500: '#e09c4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e09c4c; $custom-light: #eeb981; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e09c4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 224,
"g": 156,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.432,
"s": 70.476,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74426,
"c": 0.12557,
"h": 68.1
},
"luminance": 0.40146
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E09C4C
secondary
#A7C2E1
accent
#8DED3B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#17110A
muted
#85807C