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Recognised as Colour

#B37A06

  • #B37A06
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B37A06 is a orange with RGB values 179, 122, 6 and HSL 40°, 94%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B37A06#B37A06
HEX#B37A06
RGBrgb(179, 122, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4784, 0.0235
RGB percentages70.2%, 47.8%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(40.2, 93.5%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.2, 96.6%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 31.8%, 96.6%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,762,182
CSS custom property--colour: #B37A06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#4C85F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F7D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C8B0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#C46B68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 6Peru · ΔE 15.9Goldenrod · ΔE 18.1Chocolate · ΔE 23.2Sandy brown · ΔE 24.7Olive · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#063FB3
Analogous#B32406, #95B306
Triadic#06B37A, #7A06B3
Split complementary#0696B3, #2306B3
Tetradic#06B323, #063FB3, #B30696

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBD68A
Lighter +30%#F9C459
Lighter +20%#F8B327
Lighter +10%#E49C08
Darker −10%#825804
Darker −20%#503703
Darker −30%#1F1501
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B97C00
Less saturated −25%#9C721D

Channel breakdown

R179
G122
B6
Red179 (70.2%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue40.23°
Saturation (HSL)93.51%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 7A · B 06

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