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Recognised as Colour

#BB4F0D

  • #BB4F0D
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BB4F0D is a orange with RGB values 187, 79, 13 and HSL 23°, 87%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BB4F0D#BB4F0D
HEX#BB4F0D
RGBrgb(187, 79, 13)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.3098, 0.051
RGB percentages73.3%, 31%, 5.1%
HSLhsl(22.8, 87%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22.8, 93%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 57.8%, 93%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,275,469
CSS custom property--colour: #BB4F0D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#44B0F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E6100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#897905no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CE3444no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.9Coral · ΔE 21.6Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6Sienna · ΔE 21.8Firebrick · ΔE 23.7Tomato · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0D79BB
Analogous#BB0D22, #BBA60D
Triadic#0DBB4F, #4F0DBB
Split complementary#0DBBA6, #0D22BB
Tetradic#22BB0D, #0D79BB, #A60DBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8BF9C
Lighter +30%#F5A06C
Lighter +20%#F1813D
Lighter +10%#EB6310
Darker −10%#8B3B0A
Darker −20%#5C2706
Darker −30%#2C1303
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C84C00
Less saturated −25%#A25526

Channel breakdown

R187
G79
B13
Red187 (73.3%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue13 (5.1%)
Hue22.76°
Saturation (HSL)87%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 4F · B 0D

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