Colour

#B15726

#B15726
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#B15726 is a orange with RGB values 177, 87, 38 and HSL 21°, 65%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#B15726#B15726

HEX#B15726

RGBrgb(177, 87, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.3412, 0.149

RGB percentages69.4%, 34.1%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(21.2, 64.7%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(21.2, 78.5%, 69.4%)

CMYK0%, 50.8%, 78.5%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,622,182

CSS custom property--colour: #B15726;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1

Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#4EA8D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706420no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#867824no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C2444Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 9.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 12.4 Chocolate · ΔE 16 Peru · ΔE 19.1 Brown · ΔE 23.2 Coral · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2680B1

Analogous#B1263A, #B19D26

Triadic#26B157, #5726B1

Split complementary#26B19D, #263AB1

Tetradic#3AB126, #2680B1, #9D26B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFC9B4

Lighter +30%#E6AA8A

Lighter +20%#DD8C60

Lighter +10%#D46E36

Darker −10%#87421D

Darker −20%#5D2E14

Darker −30%#33190B

Darker −40%#090402

More saturated +25%#CC4F0B

Less saturated −25%#965F41

Channel breakdown

R177

G87

B38

Red177 (69.4%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue21.15°

Saturation (HSL)64.65%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B1 · G 57 · B 26

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