Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BC3F00

  • #BC3F00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BC3F00 is a orange with RGB values 188, 63, 0 and HSL 20°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BC3F00#BC3F00
HEX#BC3F00
RGBrgb(188, 63, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.2471, 0
RGB percentages73.7%, 24.7%, 0%
HSLhsl(20.1, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20.1, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 66.5%, 100%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,336,896
CSS custom property--colour: #BC3F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#43C0FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#655800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#837400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D01436no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 16Firebrick · ΔE 20.5Dark red · ΔE 22.2Tomato · ΔE 22.2Coral · ΔE 24.4Maroon · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 15.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#007DBC
Analogous#BC001F, #BC9D00
Triadic#00BC3F, #3F00BC
Split complementary#00BC9D, #001FBC
Tetradic#1FBC00, #007DBC, #9D00BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFB189
Lighter +30%#FF8F56
Lighter +20%#FF6D23
Lighter +10%#EF5000
Darker −10%#892E00
Darker −20%#561D00
Darker −30%#230C00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BC3F00
Less saturated −25%#A54718

Channel breakdown

R188
G63
B0
Red188 (73.7%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue20.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 3F · B 00

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bc3f00” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.