#BC901B#BC901B

#BC901B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.132 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC901B
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 86%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 85.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 6.48, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 62.09, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0106 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.132 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9122, 30.7193, 5.3380)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC901B #1B47BC

analogous

#BC3F1B #BC901B #98BC1B

triadic

#BC901B #1BBC90 #901BBC

tetradic

#BC901B #1BBC3F #1B47BC #BC1B98

square

#BC901B #1BBC3F #1B47BC #BC1B98

split-complementary

#BC901B #1B98BC #3F1BBC

monochromatic

#513E0C #866713 #BC901B #E2B233 #E9C668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC901B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BC901B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC901B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC901B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC901B	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc901b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.132 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b065',
    500: '#bc901b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc901b;
$custom-light: #d5b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc901b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.602,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67714,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC901B

secondary

#6481CF

accent

#69F236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC901B

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

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