Colour

#B38860

#B38860
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B38860 is a orange with RGB values 179, 136, 96 and HSL 29°, 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

#B38860#B38860

HEX#B38860

RGBrgb(179, 136, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5333, 0.3765

RGB percentages70.2%, 53.3%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(28.9, 35.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.9, 46.4%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 24%, 46.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,765,856

CSS custom property--colour: #B38860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1

Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#4C779F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968B5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09461no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C07F7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 16.7 Burlywood · ΔE 17.8 Dark salmon · ΔE 19.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.2 Peru · ΔE 22.6 Sienna · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#608BB3

Analogous#B36061, #B3B260

Triadic#60B388, #8860B3

Split complementary#60B3B1, #6062B3

Tetradic#61B360, #608BB3, #B160B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5EFEA

Lighter +30%#E4D5C8

Lighter +20%#D4BCA5

Lighter +10%#C3A283

Darker −10%#986F48

Darker −20%#755538

Darker −30%#533C27

Darker −40%#302317

More saturated +25%#D08743

Less saturated −25%#96897D

Channel breakdown

R179

G136

B96

Red179 (70.2%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue28.92°

Saturation (HSL)35.32%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 88 · B 60

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