#BC911B#BC911B

#BC911B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.132 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC911B
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 86%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 85.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 5.93, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 62.25, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.009 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.132 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0644, 31.0236, 5.3887)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC911B #1B46BC

analogous

#BC401B #BC911B #97BC1B

triadic

#BC911B #1BBC91 #911BBC

tetradic

#BC911B #1BBC40 #1B46BC #BC1B97

square

#BC911B #1BBC40 #1B46BC #BC1B97

split-complementary

#BC911B #1B97BC #401BBC

monochromatic

#513E0C #866813 #BC911B #E2B333 #E9C768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC911B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC911B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC911B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC911B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC911B	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc911b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.132 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b065',
    500: '#bc911b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc911b;
$custom-light: #d5b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc911b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.975,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC911B

secondary

#6481CF

accent

#68F236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC911B

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

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