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Recognised as Colour

#B27E09

  • #B27E09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B27E09 is a orange with RGB values 178, 126, 9 and HSL 42°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B27E09#B27E09
HEX#B27E09
RGBrgb(178, 126, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.4941, 0.0353
RGB percentages69.8%, 49.4%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(41.5, 90.4%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(41.5, 94.9%, 69.8%)
CMYK0%, 29.2%, 94.9%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,697,673
CSS custom property--colour: #B27E09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#4D81F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E8D13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C26F6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 3.8Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7Peru · ΔE 17Sandy brown · ΔE 25.1Olive · ΔE 25.3Chocolate · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 3.77, a close match
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#093DB2
Analogous#B22A09, #91B209
Triadic#09B27E, #7E09B2
Split complementary#0991B2, #2A09B2
Tetradic#09B22A, #093DB2, #B20991

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9D88E
Lighter +30%#F7C85D
Lighter +20%#F4B72D
Lighter +10%#E3A00B
Darker −10%#815C07
Darker −20%#513904
Darker −30%#201702
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BB8100
Less saturated −25%#9B7520

Channel breakdown

R178
G126
B9
Red178 (69.8%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue41.54°
Saturation (HSL)90.37%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B2 · G 7E · B 09

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