Colour

#BC4809

#BC4809
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BC4809 is a orange with RGB values 188, 72, 9 and HSL 21°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#BC4809

RGBrgb(188, 72, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.2824, 0.0353

RGB percentages73.7%, 28.2%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(21.1, 90.9%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.1, 95.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 61.7%, 95.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,339,209

CSS custom property--colour: #BC4809;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#43B7F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#867700no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CF283Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.4 Coral · ΔE 22.3 Tomato · ΔE 22.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#097DBC

Analogous#BC0923, #BCA209

Triadic#09BC48, #4809BC

Split complementary#09BCA2, #0923BC

Tetradic#23BC09, #097DBC, #A209BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FABA97

Lighter +30%#F89966

Lighter +20%#F57936

Lighter +10%#ED5B0B

Darker −10%#8B3507

Darker −20%#5B2304

Darker −30%#2A1002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C54500

Less saturated −25%#A34F22

Channel breakdown

R188

G72

Red188 (73.7%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue21.12°

Saturation (HSL)90.86%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 48 · B 09

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