Colour

#B36819

#B36819
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#B36819 is a orange with RGB values 179, 104, 25 and HSL 31°, 75%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

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HEX#B36819

RGBrgb(179, 104, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4078, 0.098

RGB percentages70.2%, 40.8%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(30.8, 75.5%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30.8, 86%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 41.9%, 86%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,757,593

CSS custom property--colour: #B36819;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.91:1

Contrast with white4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#4C97E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7006no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#91811Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C45759no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 11.9 Chocolate · ΔE 13.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.3 Sienna · ΔE 19.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 11.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1964B3

Analogous#B31B19, #B1B319

Triadic#19B368, #6819B3

Split complementary#19B1B3, #1B19B3

Tetradic#19B31B, #1964B3, #B319B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3CDA6

Lighter +30%#ECB479

Lighter +20%#E69B4C

Lighter +10%#E0821F

Darker −10%#864E13

Darker −20%#5A340C

Darker −30%#2D1A06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC6900

Less saturated −25%#9A6733

Channel breakdown

R179

G104

B25

Red179 (70.2%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue30.78°

Saturation (HSL)75.49%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 68 · B 19

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