Information about #BC6B4E color

#BC6B4E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BC6B4E falls into the Orange Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 107, 78) — 73.7% red, 42% green, 30.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 32 / 43 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #BC6B4E reads as a pleasantly vivid warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sunburnt Salmon (#BF6C4A). Slightly further away sit Adobe (#BD6C48) and Clay (#B66A50).

The recipe behind #BC6B4E is rgb(188, 107, 78), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BC6B4E: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for white. No one has named #BC6B4E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BC6B4E color variations

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

#BC6B4E 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 #BC6B4E

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

Adobe color link
Adobe

#BD6C48

Clay color link
Clay

#B66A50

Santa Fe color link
Santa Fe

#B16D52

Brown Sugar color link
Brown Sugar

#AF6E4D

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Copper Red color link
Copper Red

#CB6D51

Bamboo color link
Bamboo

#BA6F3F

Red Damask color link
Red Damask

#CB6F4A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BC6B4E
  • RGB188, 107, 78
  • CMYK0, 32, 43, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 107, 78)
  • HSL16°, 45%, 52%
  • HSL Precise15.818°, 45.082%, 52.157%
  • HSV16°, 59%, 74%
  • HSB16°, 59%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.420, 0.306)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.420, 0.306, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.420, 0.306)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB30.6%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBC6B4E
  • DECIMAL ID12348238
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01