Recognised as Colour

#BA8D09

#BA8D09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#BA8D09 is a orange with RGB values 186, 141, 9 and HSL 45°, 91%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#BA8D09

RGBrgb(186, 141, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.5529, 0.0353

RGB percentages72.9%, 55.3%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(44.7, 90.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(44.7, 95.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 24.2%, 95.2%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,225,801

CSS custom property--colour: #BA8D09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.9:1

Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#4572F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A18D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Deuteranopia#AB9916no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CB7E78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 4.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 10.6 Peru · ΔE 22.1 Olive · ΔE 23.3 Orange · ΔE 26.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 4.05, a close match

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0936BA

Analogous#BA3509, #8EBA09

Triadic#09BA8D, #8D09BA

Split complementary#098EBA, #3509BA

Tetradic#09BA35, #0936BA, #BA098E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE095

Lighter +30%#F8D264

Lighter +20%#F5C434

Lighter +10%#EBB20B

Darker −10%#896807

Darker −20%#594304

Darker −30%#281E02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C39100

Less saturated −25%#A28121

Channel breakdown

R186

G141

Red186 (72.9%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue44.75°

Saturation (HSL)90.77%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G 8D · B 09

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