#ECBE53#ECBE53

#ECBE53 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE53
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, 5.19, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 58.88, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% 0.0103 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.134 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5698, 55.2877, 15.9793)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE53 #5381EC

analogous

#EC7253 #ECBE53 #CDEC53

triadic

#ECBE53 #53ECBE #BE53EC

tetradic

#ECBE53 #53EC72 #5381EC #EC53CD

square

#ECBE53 #53EC72 #5381EC #EC53CD

split-complementary

#ECBE53 #53CDEC #7253EC

monochromatic

#B18214 #E6A91C #ECBE53 #F2D38A #F8E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ECBE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#ECBE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE53

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE53	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d188',
    500: '#ecbe53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe53;
$custom-light: #f6d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8227,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE53

secondary

#3258B1

accent

#49DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE53

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

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