Colour

#B38760

#B38760
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B38760 is a orange with RGB values 179, 135, 96 and HSL 28°, 35%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#B38760

RGBrgb(179, 135, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5294, 0.3765

RGB percentages70.2%, 52.9%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(28.2, 35.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 46.4%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 24.6%, 46.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,765,600

CSS custom property--colour: #B38760;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.55:1

Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#4C789F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958A5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9461no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C07E7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 17 Burlywood · ΔE 18.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 19.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.8 Peru · ΔE 22.7 Sienna · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#608CB3

Analogous#B36062, #B3B060

Triadic#60B387, #8760B3

Split complementary#60B3B0, #6063B3

Tetradic#63B360, #608CB3, #B160B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5EFEA

Lighter +30%#E4D5C8

Lighter +20%#D4BBA5

Lighter +10%#C3A183

Darker −10%#986E48

Darker −20%#755538

Darker −30%#533C27

Darker −40%#302317

More saturated +25%#D08543

Less saturated −25%#96897D

Channel breakdown

R179

G135

B96

Red179 (70.2%)

Green135 (52.9%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue28.19°

Saturation (HSL)35.32%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 87 · B 60

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