#bc9552

Color #bc9552

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 16.65 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc9552

RGB

rgb(188, 149, 82)

HSL

hsl(37.9, 44.2%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.9, 56.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 56.4%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(64, 6.65, 40.53)

LCH

lch(64, 41.07, 80.68)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0973, 79.58)

HWB

hwb(37.9, 32.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5279bc

Analogous

#bc6052

#bc9552

#aebc52

Triadic

#bc9552

#52bc95

#9552bc

Split-complementary

#bc9552

#52aebc

#6052bc

Tetradic

#bc9552

#79bc52

#5279bc

#9552bc

Square

#bc9552

#52bc60

#5279bc

#bc52ae

Shades

Color #bc9552 mixed toward black.

#a27d3f

#826432

#614b26

#413219

#20190d

Tints

Color #bc9552 mixed toward white.

#c7a76f

#d2b88c

#ddcaa8

#e9dcc5

#f4ede2

Tones

Color #bc9552 mixed toward gray.

#b3935b

#aa9064

#a18e6c

#998c75

#90897e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adac67 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#afb16c · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#ba7578 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc9552;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc9552]

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Frequently asked questions

#bc9552 (#bc9552) is rgb(188, 149, 82) in RGB.

No, #bc9552 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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