#E09C56#E09C56

#E09C56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C56
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 18.38, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 49.71, 68.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0502 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.119 65)
XYZ	xyz(44.3115, 40.2997, 14.2471)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C56 #569AE0

analogous

#E05756 #E09C56 #DFE056

triadic

#E09C56 #56E09C #9C56E0

tetradic

#E09C56 #56E057 #569AE0 #E056DF

square

#E09C56 #56E057 #569AE0 #E056DF

split-complementary

#E09C56 #56DFE0 #5756E0

monochromatic

#9F5F1D #D27E27 #E09C56 #E9BA8A #F3D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E09C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#E09C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C56

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C56	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb988',
    500: '#e09c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c56;
$custom-light: #eeb988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.435,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74543,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.40296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C56

secondary

#AFC9E3

accent

#71D115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C56

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

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