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Recognised as Colour

#B36B09

  • #B36B09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#B36B09 is a orange with RGB values 179, 107, 9 and HSL 35°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#B36B09#B36B09
HEX#B36B09
RGBrgb(179, 107, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4196, 0.0353
RGB percentages70.2%, 42%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(34.6, 90.4%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.6, 95%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 40.2%, 95%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,758,345
CSS custom property--colour: #B36B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#4C94F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#827200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#93830Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C45A5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 13.8Chocolate · ΔE 15Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.5Saddle brown · ΔE 22.4Sienna · ΔE 24.4Sandy brown · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 13.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0951B3
Analogous#B31609, #A6B309
Triadic#09B36B, #6B09B3
Split complementary#09A6B3, #1609B3
Tetradic#09B316, #0951B3, #B309A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9CC8F
Lighter +30%#F7B65E
Lighter +20%#F4A02E
Lighter +10%#E4880B
Darker −10%#824E07
Darker −20%#523104
Darker −30%#211402
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BC6C00
Less saturated −25%#9B6721

Channel breakdown

R179
G107
B9
Red179 (70.2%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue34.59°
Saturation (HSL)90.43%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 6B · B 09

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