Recognised as Colour

#B9977D

#B9977D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B9977D is a orange with RGB values 185, 151, 125 and HSL 26°, 30%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B9977D#B9977D

HEX#B9977D

RGBrgb(185, 151, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.5922, 0.4902

RGB percentages72.5%, 59.2%, 49%

HSLhsl(26, 30%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26, 32.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 18.4%, 32.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,162,941

CSS custom property--colour: #B9977D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#466882

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1997Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9A07Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C39090no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.5 Burlywood · ΔE 16.8 Dark grey · ΔE 21 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.9 Gray · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7D9FB9

Analogous#B97D81, #B9B57D

Triadic#7DB997, #977DB9

Split complementary#7DB9B5, #7D81B9

Tetradic#81B97D, #7D9FB9, #B57DB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFE7E0

Lighter +20%#DDCCBF

Lighter +10%#CBB29E

Darker −10%#A77C5C

Darker −20%#876449

Darker −30%#664B37

Darker −40%#453325

More saturated +25%#D29464

Less saturated −25%#A09A96

Channel breakdown

R185

G151

B125

Red185 (72.5%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue26°

Saturation (HSL)30%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G 97 · B 7D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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