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Recognised as Colour

#B47E2B

  • #B47E2B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#B47E2B is a orange with RGB values 180, 126, 43 and HSL 36°, 61%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#B47E2B#B47E2B
HEX#B47E2B
RGBrgb(180, 126, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.4941, 0.1686
RGB percentages70.6%, 49.4%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(36.4, 61.4%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36.4, 76.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 76.1%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,828,779
CSS custom property--colour: #B47E2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#4B81D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91811Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E8E2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C4706Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 9.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.5Sandy brown · ΔE 20Goldenrod · ΔE 23.1Chocolate · ΔE 24.4Saddle brown · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B61B4
Analogous#B4392B, #A6B42B
Triadic#2BB47E, #7E2BB4
Split complementary#2BA6B4, #392BB4
Tetradic#2BB439, #2B61B4, #B42BA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDBBC
Lighter +30%#E5C593
Lighter +20%#DBAF6A
Lighter +10%#D19841
Darker −10%#8B6121
Darker −20%#624417
Darker −30%#39280D
Darker −40%#0F0B04
More saturated +25%#D0840F
Less saturated −25%#987847

Channel breakdown

R180
G126
B43
Red180 (70.6%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue36.35°
Saturation (HSL)61.43%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G 7E · B 2B

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