Colour

#B96523

#B96523
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#B96523 is a orange with RGB values 185, 101, 35 and HSL 26°, 68%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

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HEX#B96523

RGBrgb(185, 101, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.3961, 0.1373

RGB percentages72.5%, 39.6%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(26.4, 68.2%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.4, 81.1%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 45.4%, 81.1%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,150,051

CSS custom property--colour: #B96523;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#469ADC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E6F19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#928222no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CB5358no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.7 Peru · ΔE 12.9 Sienna · ΔE 15.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.7 Coral · ΔE 22.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2377B9

Analogous#B9232C, #B9B023

Triadic#23B965, #6523B9

Split complementary#23B9B0, #232CB9

Tetradic#2CB923, #2377B9, #B023B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1D0B7

Lighter +30%#E9B58C

Lighter +20%#E19961

Lighter +10%#D97E36

Darker −10%#8E4E1B

Darker −20%#633613

Darker −30%#381F0B

Darker −40%#0D0703

More saturated +25%#D46208

Less saturated −25%#9D683F

Channel breakdown

R185

G101

B35

Red185 (72.5%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue26.4°

Saturation (HSL)68.18%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G 65 · B 23

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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