#E36D09#E36D09

#E36D09 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.172 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E36D09
RGB	rgb(227, 109, 9)
HSL	hsl(28, 92%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 96%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 96%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 41.41, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 77.69, 57.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.1094 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.172 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2005, 27.2928, 3.5675)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E36D09 #097FE3

analogous

#E30912 #E36D09 #E3DA09

triadic

#E36D09 #09E36D #6D09E3

tetradic

#E36D09 #12E309 #097FE3 #DA09E3

square

#E36D09 #12E309 #097FE3 #DA09E3

split-complementary

#E36D09 #09E3DA #0912E3

monochromatic

#6D3404 #A85107 #E36D09 #F78C32 #F9AD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E36D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#E36D09 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E36D09

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E36D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E36D09	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9900

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e36d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 109, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.172 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5995c',
    500: '#e36d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e36d09;
$custom-light: #f5995c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e36d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.523,
    "s": 92.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66408,
    "c": 0.17197,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E36D09

secondary

#69A9DF

accent

#9DFF29

background

#FFF9F5

surface

#FFF2E9

border

#D7CCC5

text

#190E05

muted

#867E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #E36D09

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

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