Information about #BC4720 color

#BC4720 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BC4720 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 71, 32) — 73.7% red, 27.8% green, 12.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 46 / 61 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #BC4720 reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Blaze (#BE4123). Slightly further away sit Cattail (#B64925) and Berry High Life (#BE4D27).

The recipe behind #BC4720 is rgb(188, 71, 32), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #BC4720: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#BC4720 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BC4720 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BC4720 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BC4720 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BC4720 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BC4720 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BC4720

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Blaze color link
Blaze

#BE4123

Cattail color link
Cattail

#B64925

Berry High Life color link
Berry High Life

#BE4D27

The Great Canadian Orange color link
The Great Canadian Orange

#C64723

Satin Orange color link
Satin Orange

#C64020

Dark Pastel Red color link
Dark Pastel Red

#C23B22

Chestnut Red color link
Chestnut Red

#C34A2C

Ayers Rock color link
Ayers Rock

#AE451D

The Big Carrot color link
The Big Carrot

#BA5823

Scarlet Rose color link
Scarlet Rose

#C73D2A

Mexican Wave color link
Mexican Wave

#B64A32

Rust color link
Rust

#B7410E

#BC4720 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BC4720
  • RGB188, 71, 32
  • CMYK0, 46, 61, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 71, 32)
  • HSL15°, 71%, 43%
  • HSL Precise15°, 70.909%, 43.137%
  • HSV15°, 83%, 74%
  • HSB15°, 83%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.278, 0.125)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.278, 0.125, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.278, 0.125)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBC4720
  • DECIMAL ID12338976
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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