#E09D37#E09D37

#E09D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09D37
RGB	rgb(224, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 16.15, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 62.37, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0394 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.138 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4902, 40.2408, 9.0905)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09D37 #377AE0

analogous

#E04937 #E09D37 #CFE037

triadic

#E09D37 #37E09D #9D37E0

tetradic

#E09D37 #37E049 #377AE0 #E037CF

square

#E09D37 #37E049 #377AE0 #E037CF

split-complementary

#E09D37 #37CFE0 #4937E0

monochromatic

#885A15 #BD7D1D #E09D37 #E8B76C #F0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E09D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#E09D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09D37

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09D37	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efb974',
    500: '#e09d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09d37;
$custom-light: #efb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.213,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09D37

secondary

#96B2DD

accent

#81F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09D37

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

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