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Recognised as Colour

#B87C1A

  • #B87C1A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B87C1A is a orange with RGB values 184, 124, 26 and HSL 37°, 75%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B87C1A#B87C1A
HEX#B87C1A
RGBrgb(184, 124, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.4863, 0.102
RGB percentages72.2%, 48.6%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(37.2, 75.2%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.2, 85.9%, 72.2%)
CMYK0%, 32.6%, 85.9%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,090,394
CSS custom property--colour: #B87C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#4783E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F8E1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C96D6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 8.3Peru · ΔE 12Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5Chocolate · ΔE 21.4Sandy brown · ΔE 21.4Saddle brown · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A56B8
Analogous#B82D1A, #A5B81A
Triadic#1AB87C, #7C1AB8
Split complementary#1AA5B8, #2D1AB8
Tetradic#1AB82D, #1A56B8, #B81AA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3D8AB
Lighter +30%#EDC37E
Lighter +20%#E6AE52
Lighter +10%#E09925
Darker −10%#8B5E14
Darker −20%#5F400D
Darker −30%#322207
Darker −40%#050401
More saturated +25%#D28200
Less saturated −25%#9E7634

Channel breakdown

R184
G124
B26
Red184 (72.2%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue37.22°
Saturation (HSL)75.24%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B8 · G 7C · B 1A

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