Colour

#B25000

#B25000
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B25000 is a orange with RGB values 178, 80, 0 and HSL 27°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#B25000

RGBrgb(178, 80, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.3137, 0

RGB percentages69.8%, 31.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(27, 100%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(27, 100%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 55.1%, 100%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,685,888

CSS custom property--colour: #B25000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#4DAFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D5F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#847500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C43844no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 10.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7 Sienna · ΔE 21.4 Peru · ΔE 23.2 Coral · ΔE 24.5 Dark red · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0062B2

Analogous#B20009, #B2A900

Triadic#00B250, #5000B2

Split complementary#00B2A9, #0009B2

Tetradic#09B200, #0062B2, #A900B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB97F

Lighter +30%#FF9C4C

Lighter +20%#FF8019

Lighter +10%#E56700

Darker −10%#7F3900

Darker −20%#4C2200

Darker −30%#190B00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B25000

Less saturated −25%#9C5216

Channel breakdown

R178

G80

Red178 (69.8%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue26.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 50 · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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