Information about #BC550B color

#BC550B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BC550B falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 85, 11) — 73.7% red, 33.3% green, 4.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 40 / 69 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BC550B reads as a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rust Orange (#C45508). Slightly further away sit Burnt Siena (#B75203) and Brick Orange (#C14A09).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 85, 11) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 4.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BC550B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BC550B color variations

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

#BC550B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BC550B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BC550B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BC550B 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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#BC550B 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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#0B72BC
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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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#0B1ABC
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#0BBCAD
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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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#0BBC55
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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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#72BC0B
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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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#AD0BBC
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Nearest named colors to #BC550B

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

Rust Orange color link
Rust Orange

#C45508

Burnt Siena color link
Burnt Siena

#B75203

Brick Orange color link
Brick Orange

#C14A09

Red Fox color link
Red Fox

#C35817

Alloy Orange color link
Alloy Orange

#C46210

Orangish Brown color link
Orangish Brown

#B25F03

Pumpkin Skin color link
Pumpkin Skin

#B1610B

Rusty Orange color link
Rusty Orange

#CD5909

Orangey Brown color link
Orangey Brown

#B16002

Orange Brown color link
Orange Brown

#BE6400

Burnt Orange color link
Burnt Orange

#CC5500

Tawny color link
Tawny

#CD5700

#BC550B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#BC550B color image #BC550B color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BC550B
  • RGB188, 85, 11
  • CMYK0, 40, 69, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 85, 11)
  • HSL25°, 89%, 39%
  • HSL Precise25.085°, 88.945%, 39.02%
  • HSV25°, 94%, 74%
  • HSB25°, 94%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.043
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.333, 0.043)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.333, 0.043, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.333, 0.043)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB4.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Orange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDBC550B
  • DECIMAL ID12342539
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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