#ECB553#ECB553

#ECB553 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB553
RGB	rgb(236, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 9.91, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 57.10, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.024 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.131 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6804, 51.5088, 15.3495)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB553 #538AEC

analogous

#EC6853 #ECB553 #D7EC53

triadic

#ECB553 #53ECB5 #B553EC

tetradic

#ECB553 #53EC68 #538AEC #EC53D7

square

#ECB553 #53EC68 #538AEC #EC53D7

split-complementary

#ECB553 #53D7EC #6853EC

monochromatic

#B17814 #E69D1C #ECB553 #F2CD8A #F8E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ECB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#ECB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB553

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB553	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb87',
    500: '#ecb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb553;
$custom-light: #f6cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80527,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB553

secondary

#3260B1

accent

#55DC09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB553

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

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