#E09E3A#E09E3A

#E09E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E3A
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 74.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 15.74, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 61.34, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0386 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.137 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7342, 40.6102, 9.5374)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E3A #3A7CE0

analogous

#E04B3A #E09E3A #CFE03A

triadic

#E09E3A #3AE09E #9E3AE0

tetradic

#E09E3A #3AE04B #3A7CE0 #E03ACF

square

#E09E3A #3AE04B #3A7CE0 #E03ACF

split-complementary

#E09E3A #3ACFE0 #4B3AE0

monochromatic

#8A5C16 #BF7F1E #E09E3A #E8B86F #F1D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E09E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#E09E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E3A

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E3A	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)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F48D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efba76',
    500: '#e09e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e3a;
$custom-light: #efba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.145,
    "s": 72.807,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E3A

secondary

#98B4DE

accent

#81EF38

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E3A

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

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