#E09E61#E09E61

#E09E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E61
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 56.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 18.11, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 45.14, 66.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.051 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.111 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1276, 41.1676, 16.8763)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E61 #61A3E0

analogous

#E06163 #E09E61 #E0DE61

triadic

#E09E61 #61E09E #9E61E0

tetradic

#E09E61 #63E061 #61A3E0 #DE61E0

square

#E09E61 #63E061 #61A3E0 #DE61E0

split-complementary

#E09E61 #61E0DE #6163E0

monochromatic

#A66121 #D67F2E #E09E61 #EABD94 #F4DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E09E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#E09E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E61

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E61	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba8f',
    500: '#e09e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e61;
$custom-light: #edba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.819,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75062,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E61

secondary

#B8CFE5

accent

#76CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E61

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

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