Recognised as Colour

#BC5D00

#BC5D00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BC5D00 is a orange with RGB values 188, 93, 0 and HSL 30°, 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

#BC5D00#BC5D00

HEX#BC5D00

RGBrgb(188, 93, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.3647, 0

RGB percentages73.7%, 36.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(29.7, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(29.7, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 50.5%, 100%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,344,576

CSS custom property--colour: #BC5D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1

Contrast with white4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#43A2FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#908000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CF474Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 7 Peru · ΔE 20.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.2 Coral · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 24.5 Dark orange · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005FBC

Analogous#BC0001, #BCBB00

Triadic#00BC5D, #5D00BC

Split complementary#00BCBB, #0001BC

Tetradic#01BC00, #005FBC, #BB00BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC389

Lighter +30%#FFAA56

Lighter +20%#FF9023

Lighter +10%#EF7600

Darker −10%#894400

Darker −20%#562B00

Darker −30%#231100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC5D00

Less saturated −25%#A55D18

Channel breakdown

R188

G93

Red188 (73.7%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue29.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 5D · B 00

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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