#E09C53#E09C53

#E09C53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C53
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 62.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 18.18, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 50.99, 69.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0492 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.121 66)
XYZ	xyz(44.1931, 40.2524, 13.6239)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C53 #5397E0

analogous

#E05653 #E09C53 #DDE053

triadic

#E09C53 #53E09C #9C53E0

tetradic

#E09C53 #53E056 #5397E0 #E053DD

square

#E09C53 #53E056 #5397E0 #E053DD

split-complementary

#E09C53 #53DDE0 #5653E0

monochromatic

#9C5F1C #D07E26 #E09C53 #E9BA87 #F3D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E09C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#E09C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C53

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C53	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb986',
    500: '#e09c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c53;
$custom-light: #eeb986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.064,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74506,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.40249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C53

secondary

#ACC6E2

accent

#6FD114

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C53

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

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