#E09E43#E09E43

#E09E43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E43
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 70.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 16.17, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 57.81, 73.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0411 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.131 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9835, 40.7099, 10.8504)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E43 #4385E0

analogous

#E05043 #E09E43 #D3E043

triadic

#E09E43 #43E09E #9E43E0

tetradic

#E09E43 #43E050 #4385E0 #E043D3

square

#E09E43 #43E050 #4385E0 #E043D3

split-complementary

#E09E43 #43D3E0 #5043E0

monochromatic

#915E18 #C58021 #E09E43 #E9B978 #F1D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E09E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#E09E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E43

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E43	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeba7c',
    500: '#e09e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e43;
$custom-light: #eeba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.777,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E43

secondary

#9FBADF

accent

#85EE39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E43

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

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