What color is #BE6400?

#BE6400 is a dark, vivid orange known as Fire Ant. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Fire Ant?

The RGB value is 190, 100, 0: 190 red, 100 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Fire Ant?

The complementary color is #005ABE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #BE6400?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 and white text 4.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Fire Ant color: hex code #BE6400

#BE6400 rgb(190, 100, 0)

Shades of orange

Fire Ant has the hex code #BE6400. It is a dark, vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 74.5% red, 39.2% green and 0% blue (190, 100, 0).

Its hue angle is 32°, with 100% saturation and 37% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 47% magenta, 100% yellow and 25% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.01:1).

Fire Ant (#BE6400) color codes

HEX	`#BE6400`
RGB	`rgb(190, 100, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(74.5%, 39.2%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(32, 100%, 37%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(32, 100%, 75%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 47%, 100%, 25%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.91, 31, 60.13)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.91, 67.65, 62.73)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.795, 20.065, 2.514)`
Decimal	`12477440`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Fire Ant, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #BE6400	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.01:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.19:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#BE6400 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.19:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.01:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #BE6400 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #be6400; }
.text { color: #be6400; }
.border { border: 2px solid #be6400; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(190 100 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #be6400, #b9be00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Copper.

See #BE6400 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #BE6400?: #BE6400 is a dark, vivid orange known as Fire Ant. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Fire Ant?: The RGB value is 190, 100, 0: 190 red, 100 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Fire Ant?: The complementary color is #005ABE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #BE6400?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 and white text 4.19:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.