#E09E37#E09E37

#E09E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E37
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 15.61, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 62.46, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0379 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.138 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6601, 40.5806, 9.1471)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E37 #3779E0

analogous

#E04A37 #E09E37 #CEE037

triadic

#E09E37 #37E09E #9E37E0

tetradic

#E09E37 #37E04A #3779E0 #E037CE

square

#E09E37 #37E04A #3779E0 #E037CE

split-complementary

#E09E37 #37CEE0 #4A37E0

monochromatic

#885B15 #BD7E1D #E09E37 #E8B86C #F0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E09E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#E09E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E37

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E37	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efba75',
    500: '#e09e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e37;
$custom-light: #efba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.568,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E37

secondary

#96B2DD

accent

#80F038

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E37

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

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