#ECC553#ECC553

#ECC553 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC553
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, 1.55, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 60.57, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0002 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.138 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.1225, 58.3931, 16.4969)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC553 #537AEC

analogous

#EC7953 #ECC553 #C6EC53

triadic

#ECC553 #53ECC5 #C553EC

tetradic

#ECC553 #53EC79 #537AEC #EC53C6

square

#ECC553 #53EC79 #537AEC #EC53C6

split-complementary

#ECC553 #53C6EC #7953EC

monochromatic

#B18914 #E6B21C #ECC553 #F2D88A #F8EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#ECC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC553

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC553	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d688',
    500: '#ecc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc553;
$custom-light: #f6d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC553

secondary

#3252B1

accent

#3FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC553

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

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