Recognised as Colour

#BCA38D

#BCA38D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BCA38D is a orange with RGB values 188, 163, 141 and HSL 28°, 26%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BCA38D#BCA38D

HEX#BCA38D

RGBrgb(188, 163, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6392, 0.5529

RGB percentages73.7%, 63.9%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(28.1, 26%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.1, 25%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 25%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,362,637

CSS custom property--colour: #BCA38D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#435C72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABA48Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1AA8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C59E9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.8 Dark grey · ΔE 15.9 Burlywood · ΔE 17.4 Silver · ΔE 18.3 Peach puff · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DA6BC

Analogous#BC8D8F, #BCBA8D

Triadic#8DBCA3, #A38DBC

Split complementary#8DBCBA, #8D8FBC

Tetradic#8FBC8D, #8DA6BC, #BA8DBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F1ED

Lighter +20%#E2D7CD

Lighter +10%#CFBDAD

Darker −10%#A9896D

Darker −20%#8F7054

Darker −30%#6F5741

Darker −40%#4F3D2E

More saturated +25%#D3A276

Less saturated −25%#A5A4A4

Channel breakdown

R188

G163

B141

Red188 (73.7%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue28.09°

Saturation (HSL)25.97%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G A3 · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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