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Colour

#B85837

  • #B85837
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#B85837 is a orange with RGB values 184, 88, 55 and HSL 15°, 54%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#B85837#B85837
HEX#B85837
RGBrgb(184, 88, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.3451, 0.2157
RGB percentages72.2%, 34.5%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(15.3, 54%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.3, 70.1%, 72.2%)
CMYK0%, 52.2%, 70.1%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,081,207
CSS custom property--colour: #B85837;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#47A7C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#726733no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#897C35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#CA4551no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.8Saddle brown · ΔE 15.7Indian red · ΔE 17.6Brown · ΔE 18.5Chocolate · ΔE 21.2Firebrick · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3797B8
Analogous#B83757, #B89837
Triadic#37B858, #5837B8
Split complementary#37B899, #3756B8
Tetradic#57B837, #3797B8, #9837B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D5CB
Lighter +30%#E4B4A4
Lighter +20%#D8947D
Lighter +10%#CC7456
Darker −10%#91452B
Darker −20%#693220
Darker −30%#422014
Darker −40%#1B0D08
More saturated +25%#D64919
Less saturated −25%#9A6755

Channel breakdown

R184
G88
B55
Red184 (72.2%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue15.35°
Saturation (HSL)53.97%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B8 · G 58 · B 37

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