Information about #BC5A30 color

#BC5A30 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BC5A30 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 90, 48) — 73.7% red, 35.3% green, 18.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 38 / 55 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BC5A30 is a pleasantly vivid orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Smoke Tree (#BB5F34). Slightly further away sit Clockwork Orange (#BF6031) and Fiery Orange (#B1592F).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 90, 48) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BC5A30: 4.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for white. No one has named #BC5A30 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BC5A30 color variations

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

#BC5A30 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BC5A30

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

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Redbud color link
Redbud

#B85439

Christine color link
Christine

#BF652E

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Balloon color link
Balloon

#C14D36

Ecstasy color link
Ecstasy

#C96138

Red Stage color link
Red Stage

#AD522E

Oh Behave color link
Oh Behave

#BE523F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BC5A30
  • RGB188, 90, 48
  • CMYK0, 38, 55, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 90, 48)
  • HSL18°, 59%, 46%
  • HSL Precise18°, 59.322%, 46.275%
  • HSV18°, 74%, 74%
  • HSB18°, 74%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.188
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.353, 0.188)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.353, 0.188, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.353, 0.188)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBC5A30
  • DECIMAL ID12343856
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01