Recognised as Colour

#B59A8A

#B59A8A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#B59A8A is a orange with RGB values 181, 154, 138 and HSL 22°, 23%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#B59A8A#B59A8A

HEX#B59A8A

RGBrgb(181, 154, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6039, 0.5412

RGB percentages71%, 60.4%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(22.3, 22.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(22.3, 23.8%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 14.9%, 23.8%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,901,578

CSS custom property--colour: #B59A8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.95:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#4A6575

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A19C89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8A18Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BD9596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.2 Dark grey · ΔE 14.7 Tan · ΔE 15.7 Gray · ΔE 18.6 Silver · ΔE 18.7 Burlywood · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8AA5B5

Analogous#B58A90, #B5B08A

Triadic#8AB59A, #9A8AB5

Split complementary#8AB5AF, #8A90B5

Tetradic#90B58A, #8AA5B5, #AF8AB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0EBE8

Lighter +20%#DDD0C8

Lighter +10%#C9B5A9

Darker −10%#A17F6B

Darker −20%#856654

Darker −30%#664E40

Darker −40%#46362D

More saturated +25%#CD9472

Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R181

G154

B138

Red181 (71%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue22.33°

Saturation (HSL)22.51%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 9A · B 8A

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Colour values

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