#E09E56#E09E56

#E09E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E56
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 17.31, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 49.85, 69.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0471 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.119 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6498, 40.9765, 14.3599)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E56 #5698E0

analogous

#E05956 #E09E56 #DDE056

triadic

#E09E56 #56E09E #9E56E0

tetradic

#E09E56 #56E059 #5698E0 #E056DD

square

#E09E56 #56E059 #5698E0 #E056DD

split-complementary

#E09E56 #56DDE0 #5956E0

monochromatic

#9F611D #D28027 #E09E56 #E9BC8A #F3D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E09E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#E09E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E56

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E56	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F38F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeba88',
    500: '#e09e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e56;
$custom-light: #eeba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E56

secondary

#AFC8E3

accent

#6FD115

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E56

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

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