#ECB253#ECB253

#ECB253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB253
RGB	rgb(236, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 11.49, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 56.61, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.0287 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.13 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0769, 50.3020, 15.1483)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB253 #538DEC

analogous

#EC6553 #ECB253 #D9EC53

triadic

#ECB253 #53ECB2 #B253EC

tetradic

#ECB253 #53EC65 #538DEC #EC53D9

square

#ECB253 #53EC65 #538DEC #EC53D9

split-complementary

#ECB253 #53D9EC #6553EC

monochromatic

#B17514 #E6991C #ECB253 #F2CB8A #F8E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#ECB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#ECB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB253

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB253	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c887',
    500: '#ecb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb253;
$custom-light: #f6c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.255,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79954,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB253

secondary

#3262B1

accent

#59DC09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB253

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

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