Colour

#B26218

#B26218
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B26218 is a orange with RGB values 178, 98, 24 and HSL 29°, 76%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black 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#B26218

RGBrgb(178, 98, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.3843, 0.0941

RGB percentages69.8%, 38.4%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(28.8, 76.2%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.8, 86.5%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 44.9%, 86.5%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,690,520

CSS custom property--colour: #B26218;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#4D9DE7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6B07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7E17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C35054no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.5 Peru · ΔE 13.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.5 Sienna · ΔE 17.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1868B2

Analogous#B2181B, #B2AF18

Triadic#18B262, #6218B2

Split complementary#18B2AF, #181BB2

Tetradic#1BB218, #1868B2, #AF18B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3C9A3

Lighter +30%#EDAF76

Lighter +20%#E79549

Lighter +10%#DF7B1E

Darker −10%#854912

Darker −20%#58310C

Darker −30%#2B1806

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA6100

Less saturated −25%#996331

Channel breakdown

R178

G98

B24

Red178 (69.8%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue28.83°

Saturation (HSL)76.24%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 62 · B 18

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