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Colour

#B37817

  • #B37817
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B37817 is a orange with RGB values 179, 120, 23 and HSL 37°, 77%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B37817#B37817
HEX#B37817
RGBrgb(179, 120, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4706, 0.0902
RGB percentages70.2%, 47.1%, 9%
HSLhsl(37.3, 77.2%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.3, 87.2%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 33%, 87.2%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,761,687
CSS custom property--colour: #B37817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#4C87E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D7C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A8A1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C46967no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 9.3Peru · ΔE 12.4Goldenrod · ΔE 21.1Chocolate · ΔE 21.4Sandy brown · ΔE 22.5Saddle brown · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1752B3
Analogous#B32A17, #A0B317
Triadic#17B378, #7817B3
Split complementary#17A0B3, #2A17B3
Tetradic#17B32A, #1752B3, #B317A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3D5A3
Lighter +30%#EDC076
Lighter +20%#E8AB48
Lighter +10%#E0961D
Darker −10%#865A11
Darker −20%#593B0B
Darker −30%#2B1D06
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#CA7E00
Less saturated −25%#9A7230

Channel breakdown

R179
G120
B23
Red179 (70.2%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue37.31°
Saturation (HSL)77.23%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 78 · B 17

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