#E09C61#E09C61

#E09C61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09C61
RGB	rgb(224, 156, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 56.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 19.18, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 45.06, 64.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0542 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.111 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7893, 40.4908, 16.7635)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09C61 #61A5E0

analogous

#E06165 #E09C61 #E0DC61

triadic

#E09C61 #61E09C #9C61E0

tetradic

#E09C61 #65E061 #61A5E0 #DC61E0

square

#E09C61 #65E061 #61A5E0 #DC61E0

split-complementary

#E09C61 #61E0DC #6165E0

monochromatic

#A65F21 #D67C2E #E09C61 #EABC94 #F4DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E09C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E09C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09C61

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09C61	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 156, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb98f',
    500: '#e09c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09c61;
$custom-light: #edb98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.874,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09C61

secondary

#B8D0E5

accent

#79CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09C61

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

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