Colour

#BC7551

#BC7551
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#BC7551 is a orange with RGB values 188, 117, 81 and HSL 20°, 44%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#BC7551#BC7551

HEX#BC7551

RGBrgb(188, 117, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.4588, 0.3176

RGB percentages73.7%, 45.9%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(20.2, 44.4%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20.2, 56.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 37.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,350,801

CSS custom property--colour: #BC7551;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.8:1

Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#438AAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887D4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#998D51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CC686Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 14 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.8 Peru · ΔE 17.7 Light salmon · ΔE 20.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.1 Indian red · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5198BC

Analogous#BC5162, #BCAA51

Triadic#51BC75, #7551BC

Split complementary#51BCAA, #5163BC

Tetradic#63BC51, #5198BC, #AB51BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5EAE4

Lighter +30%#E7CDBF

Lighter +20%#D8AF9B

Lighter +10%#CA9276

Darker −10%#9D5D3D

Darker −20%#79472E

Darker −30%#543220

Darker −40%#2F1C12

More saturated +25%#DA6B33

Less saturated −25%#9E7F6F

Channel breakdown

R188

G117

B81

Red188 (73.7%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue20.19°

Saturation (HSL)44.4%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 75 · B 51

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Colour values

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