Colour

#B55215

#B55215
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B55215 is a orange with RGB values 181, 82, 21 and HSL 23°, 79%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#B55215

RGBrgb(181, 82, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.3216, 0.0824

RGB percentages71%, 32.2%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(22.9, 79.2%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.9, 88.4%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 54.7%, 88.4%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,883,029

CSS custom property--colour: #B55215;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#4AADEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6107no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#877811no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C73B47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 10.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.2 Sienna · ΔE 17.2 Peru · ΔE 21.8 Coral · ΔE 22.3 Firebrick · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1578B5

Analogous#B51528, #B5A215

Triadic#15B552, #5215B5

Split complementary#15B5A2, #1528B5

Tetradic#28B515, #1578B5, #A215B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4C1A2

Lighter +30%#EFA374

Lighter +20%#EA8546

Lighter +10%#E3671A

Darker −10%#873D10

Darker −20%#5A290A

Darker −30%#2C1405

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA4D00

Less saturated −25%#9C582E

Channel breakdown

R181

G82

B21

Red181 (71%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue22.88°

Saturation (HSL)79.21%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 52 · B 15

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