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Recognised as Colour

#B9AB9F

  • #B9AB9F
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B9AB9F is a orange with RGB values 185, 171, 159 and HSL 28°, 16%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B9AB9F#B9AB9F
HEX#B9AB9F
RGBrgb(185, 171, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6706, 0.6235
RGB percentages72.5%, 67.1%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(27.7, 15.7%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27.7, 14.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK0%, 7.6%, 14.1%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,168,095
CSS custom property--colour: #B9AB9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#465460

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AC9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AF9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BEA8A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.7Silver · ΔE 11Rosy brown · ΔE 15.8Light grey · ΔE 16.2Tan · ΔE 17.1Gainsboro · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FADB9
Analogous#B99FA0, #B9B89F
Triadic#9FB9AB, #AB9FB9
Split complementary#9FB9B8, #9FA0B9
Tetradic#A0B99F, #9FADB9, #B89FB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF8F7
Lighter +20%#E4DFDA
Lighter +10%#CFC5BC
Darker −10%#A39182
Darker −20%#8C7866
Darker −30%#6E5E51
Darker −40%#51453B
More saturated +25%#CEA98A
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R185
G171
B159
Red185 (72.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue27.69°
Saturation (HSL)15.66%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B9 · G AB · B 9F

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