Colour

#BC5C00

#BC5C00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BC5C00 is a orange with RGB values 188, 92, 0 and HSL 29°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BC5C00#BC5C00

HEX#BC5C00

RGBrgb(188, 92, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.3608, 0

RGB percentages73.7%, 36.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(29.4, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.4, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 51.1%, 100%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,344,320

CSS custom property--colour: #BC5C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#43A3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#907F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CF454Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 6.9 Peru · ΔE 20.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.1 Coral · ΔE 23.4 Sienna · ΔE 24.5 Dark orange · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0060BC

Analogous#BC0002, #BCBA00

Triadic#00BC5C, #5C00BC

Split complementary#00BCBA, #0002BC

Tetradic#02BC00, #0060BC, #BA00BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC389

Lighter +30%#FFA956

Lighter +20%#FF8F23

Lighter +10%#EF7500

Darker −10%#894300

Darker −20%#562A00

Darker −30%#231100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC5C00

Less saturated −25%#A55C18

Channel breakdown

R188

G92

Red188 (73.7%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue29.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 5C · B 00

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