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Colour

#B3722C

  • #B3722C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#B3722C is a orange with RGB values 179, 114, 44 and HSL 31°, 61%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#B3722C#B3722C
HEX#B3722C
RGBrgb(179, 114, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4471, 0.1725
RGB percentages70.2%, 44.7%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(31.1, 60.5%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.1, 75.4%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 36.3%, 75.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,760,172
CSS custom property--colour: #B3722C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#4C8DD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877823no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#96872Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C36364no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 8.1Sienna · ΔE 18.3Saddle brown · ΔE 18.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.9Chocolate · ΔE 19.8Sandy brown · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C6DB3
Analogous#B32F2C, #B0B32C
Triadic#2CB372, #722CB3
Split complementary#2CB1B3, #2E2CB3
Tetradic#2CB32E, #2C6DB3, #B32CB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD6BC
Lighter +30%#E5BE93
Lighter +20%#DAA56B
Lighter +10%#D08C42
Darker −10%#8A5822
Darker −20%#613E18
Darker −30%#38240E
Darker −40%#0F0A04
More saturated +25%#CF7310
Less saturated −25%#977148

Channel breakdown

R179
G114
B44
Red179 (70.2%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue31.11°
Saturation (HSL)60.54%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 72 · B 2C

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