#E09C51#E09C51

#E09C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C51
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 18.05, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 51.83, 69.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0486 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.122 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1170, 40.2219, 13.2231)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C51 #5195E0

analogous

#E05551 #E09C51 #DCE051

triadic

#E09C51 #51E09C #9C51E0

tetradic

#E09C51 #51E055 #5195E0 #E051DC

square

#E09C51 #51E055 #5195E0 #E051DC

split-complementary

#E09C51 #51DCE0 #5551E0

monochromatic

#9B5E1C #CF7E25 #E09C51 #E9BA85 #F3D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E09C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#E09C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C51

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C51	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb984',
    500: '#e09c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c51;
$custom-light: #eeb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.469,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C51

secondary

#ABC5E2

accent

#90ED3B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C51

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

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