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Recognised as Colour

#B18E2A

  • #B18E2A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B18E2A is a orange with RGB values 177, 142, 42 and HSL 44°, 62%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B18E2A#B18E2A
HEX#B18E2A
RGBrgb(177, 142, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.5569, 0.1647
RGB percentages69.4%, 55.7%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(44.4, 61.6%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44.4, 76.3%, 69.4%)
CMYK0%, 19.8%, 76.3%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,636,266
CSS custom property--colour: #B18E2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#4E71D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F8D19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8962Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C0817Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 10.4Goldenrod · ΔE 18Olive · ΔE 18.4Peru · ΔE 19.6Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4Sandy brown · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 10.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A4DB1
Analogous#B14B2A, #90B12A
Triadic#2AB18E, #8E2AB1
Split complementary#2A90B1, #4B2AB1
Tetradic#2AB14B, #2A4DB1, #B12A90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE0B9
Lighter +30%#E5CE8F
Lighter +20%#DBBD66
Lighter +10%#D1AB3D
Darker −10%#886D20
Darker −20%#5F4C16
Darker −30%#352B0D
Darker −40%#0C0A03
More saturated +25%#CC9B0F
Less saturated −25%#968145

Channel breakdown

R177
G142
B42
Red177 (69.4%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue44.44°
Saturation (HSL)61.64%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B1 · G 8E · B 2A

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