Colour

#B15400

#B15400
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B15400 is a orange with RGB values 177, 84, 0 and HSL 28°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#B15400

RGBrgb(177, 84, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.3294, 0

RGB percentages69.4%, 32.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(28.5, 100%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.5, 100%, 69.4%)

CMYK0%, 52.5%, 100%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,621,376

CSS custom property--colour: #B15400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1

Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#4EABFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#867600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C33E47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.1 Sienna · ΔE 21 Peru · ΔE 21.3 Coral · ΔE 25.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#005DB1

Analogous#B10005, #B1AC00

Triadic#00B154, #5400B1

Split complementary#00B1AC, #0005B1

Tetradic#05B100, #005DB1, #AC00B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFBB7E

Lighter +30%#FFA04B

Lighter +20%#FF8618

Lighter +10%#E46C00

Darker −10%#7E3C00

Darker −20%#4B2400

Darker −30%#180B00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B15400

Less saturated −25%#9B5516

Channel breakdown

R177

G84

Red177 (69.4%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue28.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B1 · G 54 · B 00

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