#bc882e

Color #bc882e

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bc882e

RGB

rgb(188, 136, 46)

HSL

hsl(38, 60.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38, 75.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 75.5%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(60.34, 11.54, 53.44)

LCH

lch(60.34, 54.67, 77.81)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.1208, 77.03)

HWB

hwb(38, 18%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e62bc

Analogous

#bc412e

#bc882e

#a9bc2e

Triadic

#bc882e

#2ebc88

#882ebc

Split-complementary

#bc882e

#2ea9bc

#412ebc

Tetradic

#bc882e

#62bc2e

#2e62bc

#882ebc

Square

#bc882e

#2ebc41

#2e62bc

#bc2ea9

Shades

Color #bc882e mixed toward black.

#9d7126

#7d5b1f

#5e4417

#3f2d0f

#1f1708

Tints

Color #bc882e mixed toward white.

#d29f46

#dbb26b

#e4c590

#edd8b5

#f6ecda

Tones

Color #bc882e mixed toward gray.

#b0853a

#a48246

#997f52

#8d7b5d

#817869

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a850 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#abae56 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#ba6265 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc882e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc882e]

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Frequently asked questions

#bc882e (#bc882e) is rgb(188, 136, 46) in RGB.

No, #bc882e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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