Colour

#B35919

#B35919
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B35919 is a orange with RGB values 179, 89, 25 and HSL 25°, 75%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#B35919#B35919

HEX#B35919

RGBrgb(179, 89, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.349, 0.098

RGB percentages70.2%, 34.9%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(24.9, 75.5%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(24.9, 86%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 50.3%, 86%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,753,753

CSS custom property--colour: #B35919;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#4CA6E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#73650Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Deuteranopia#897A17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C5454Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.2 Sienna · ΔE 15.4 Peru · ΔE 17.9 Coral · ΔE 23.2 Firebrick · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1973B3

Analogous#B31926, #B3A619

Triadic#19B359, #5919B3

Split complementary#19B3A6, #1926B3

Tetradic#26B319, #1973B3, #A619B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3C6A6

Lighter +30%#ECA979

Lighter +20%#E68C4C

Lighter +10%#E06F1F

Darker −10%#864313

Darker −20%#5A2D0C

Darker −30%#2D1606

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC5500

Less saturated −25%#9A5D33

Channel breakdown

R179

G89

B25

Red179 (70.2%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue24.94°

Saturation (HSL)75.49%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 59 · B 19

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