#E09E49#E09E49

#E09E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E49
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 16.50, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 55.35, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0428 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.127 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1729, 40.7857, 11.8480)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E49 #498BE0

analogous

#E05249 #E09E49 #D6E049

triadic

#E09E49 #49E09E #9E49E0

tetradic

#E09E49 #49E052 #498BE0 #E049D6

square

#E09E49 #49E052 #498BE0 #E049D6

split-complementary

#E09E49 #49D6E0 #5249E0

monochromatic

#955F19 #C98022 #E09E49 #E9BA7D #F2D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E09E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#E09E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E49

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E49	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeba7f',
    500: '#e09e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e49;
$custom-light: #eeba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.775,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E49

secondary

#A4BFE0

accent

#89EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E49

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

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