Recognised as Colour

#B15E16

#B15E16
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B15E16 is a orange with RGB values 177, 94, 22 and HSL 28°, 78%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#B15E16

RGBrgb(177, 94, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.3686, 0.0863

RGB percentages69.4%, 36.9%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(27.9, 77.9%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27.9, 87.6%, 69.4%)

CMYK0%, 46.9%, 87.6%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,623,958

CSS custom property--colour: #B15E16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#4EA1E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776804no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7B15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C24B51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.9 Peru · ΔE 15.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.8 Sienna · ΔE 16.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Coral · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1669B1

Analogous#B1161B, #B1AC16

Triadic#16B15E, #5E16B1

Split complementary#16B1AB, #161CB1

Tetradic#1BB116, #1669B1, #AC16B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3C7A0

Lighter +30%#EEAC72

Lighter +20%#E89145

Lighter +10%#DE761C

Darker −10%#844610

Darker −20%#562E0B

Darker −30%#291605

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C75C00

Less saturated −25%#98602F

Channel breakdown

R177

G94

B22

Red177 (69.4%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue27.87°

Saturation (HSL)77.89%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B1 · G 5E · B 16

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