Recognised as Colour

#BCAA97

#BCAA97
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#BCAA97 is a orange with RGB values 188, 170, 151 and HSL 31°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BCAA97#BCAA97

HEX#BCAA97

RGBrgb(188, 170, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6667, 0.5922

RGB percentages73.7%, 66.7%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(30.8, 21.6%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30.8, 19.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 19.7%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,364,439

CSS custom property--colour: #BCAA97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#435568

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0AA96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5AE97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C3A6A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 12.7 Tan · ΔE 13.1 Silver · ΔE 14.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 16.3 Light grey · ΔE 18.8 Burlywood · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 12.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A9BC

Analogous#BC9897, #BCBC97

Triadic#97BCAA, #AA97BC

Split complementary#97BCBC, #9897BC

Tetradic#97BC98, #97A9BC, #BC97BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F6F4

Lighter +20%#E4DDD5

Lighter +10%#D0C3B6

Darker −10%#A89178

Darker −20%#90775D

Darker −30%#715E49

Darker −40%#524435

More saturated +25%#D1AB82

Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R188

G170

B151

Red188 (73.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue30.81°

Saturation (HSL)21.64%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G AA · B 97

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