Colour

#BB491B

#BB491B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BB491B is a orange with RGB values 187, 73, 27 and HSL 17°, 75%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BB491B#BB491B

HEX#BB491B

RGBrgb(187, 73, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.2863, 0.1059

RGB percentages73.3%, 28.6%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(17.3, 74.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.3, 85.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 61%, 85.6%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,273,947

CSS custom property--colour: #BB491B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#44B6E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5D13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#867715no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CE2B40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 14.7 Firebrick · ΔE 17.5 Sienna · ΔE 19.4 Brown · ΔE 20.5 Dark red · ΔE 20.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B8DBB

Analogous#BB1B3D, #BB991B

Triadic#1BBB49, #491BBB

Split complementary#1BBB99, #1B3DBB

Tetradic#3DBB1B, #1B8DBB, #991BBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3C2AF

Lighter +30%#EDA182

Lighter +20%#E77F55

Lighter +10%#E05E29

Darker −10%#8E3815

Darker −20%#62260E

Darker −30%#351508

Darker −40%#090301

More saturated +25%#D63E00

Less saturated −25%#A05436

Channel breakdown

R187

G73

B27

Red187 (73.3%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue17.25°

Saturation (HSL)74.77%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 49 · B 1B

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