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Recognised as Colour

#B3A79B

  • #B3A79B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B3A79B is a orange with RGB values 179, 167, 155 and HSL 30°, 14%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B3A79B#B3A79B
HEX#B3A79B
RGBrgb(179, 167, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6549, 0.6078
RGB percentages70.2%, 65.5%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(30, 13.6%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 13.4%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 13.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,773,851
CSS custom property--colour: #B3A79B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.92:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#4C5864

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABA79Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEAA9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B8A4A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 11.7Rosy brown · ΔE 15.8Light grey · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 17.6Tan · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BA7B3
Analogous#B39B9B, #B3B39B
Triadic#9BB3A7, #A79BB3
Split complementary#9BB3B3, #9B9BB3
Tetradic#9BB39B, #9BA7B3, #B39BB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F4F2
Lighter +20%#DFDAD5
Lighter +10%#C9C1B8
Darker −10%#9D8E7E
Darker −20%#847464
Darker −30%#675B4E
Darker −40%#4A4138
More saturated +25%#C9A785
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R179
G167
B155
Red179 (70.2%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue30°
Saturation (HSL)13.64%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G A7 · B 9B

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