#ECC253#ECC253

#ECC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC253
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 3.11, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 59.82, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.0043 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.136 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4481, 57.0443, 16.2721)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC253 #537DEC

analogous

#EC7553 #ECC253 #CAEC53

triadic

#ECC253 #53ECC2 #C253EC

tetradic

#ECC253 #53EC75 #537DEC #EC53CA

square

#ECC253 #53EC75 #537DEC #EC53CA

split-complementary

#ECC253 #53CAEC #7553EC

monochromatic

#B18614 #E6AE1C #ECC253 #F2D68A #F8E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ECC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#ECC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC253

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC253	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d488',
    500: '#ecc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc253;
$custom-light: #f6d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83056,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC253

secondary

#3255B1

accent

#43DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC253

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

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