Colour

#B25500

#B25500
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B25500 is a orange with RGB values 178, 85, 0 and HSL 29°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#B25500

RGBrgb(178, 85, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.3333, 0

RGB percentages69.8%, 33.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(28.7, 100%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.7, 100%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 52.2%, 100%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,687,168

CSS custom property--colour: #B25500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1

Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#4DAAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#877700no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C43F48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.4 Peru · ΔE 21.1 Sienna · ΔE 21.3 Coral · ΔE 24.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005DB2

Analogous#B20004, #B2AE00

Triadic#00B255, #5500B2

Split complementary#00B2AE, #0004B2

Tetradic#04B200, #005DB2, #AE00B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFBC7F

Lighter +30%#FFA14C

Lighter +20%#FF8719

Lighter +10%#E56D00

Darker −10%#7F3D00

Darker −20%#4C2400

Darker −30%#190C00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B25500

Less saturated −25%#9C5616

Channel breakdown

R178

G85

Red178 (69.8%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue28.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 55 · B 00

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