Recognised as Colour

#B38D40

#B38D40
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#B38D40 is a orange with RGB values 179, 141, 64 and HSL 40°, 47%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#B38D40#B38D40

HEX#B38D40

RGBrgb(179, 141, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5529, 0.251

RGB percentages70.2%, 55.3%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(40.2, 47.3%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40.2, 64.2%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 21.2%, 64.2%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,767,104

CSS custom property--colour: #B38D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.8:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#4C72BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D8D38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A69743no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C1817Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 15.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 21.7 Burlywood · ΔE 22.5 Olive · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 15.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4066B3

Analogous#B35340, #A0B340

Triadic#40B38D, #8D40B3

Split complementary#40A0B3, #5440B3

Tetradic#40B353, #4066B3, #B3409F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE5D1

Lighter +30%#E1CFAB

Lighter +20%#D4BA85

Lighter +10%#C6A460

Darker −10%#8D6F33

Darker −20%#685225

Darker −30%#423418

Darker −40%#1D170A

More saturated +25%#D19722

Less saturated −25%#95835E

Channel breakdown

R179

G141

B64

Red179 (70.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue40.17°

Saturation (HSL)47.33%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 8D · B 40

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