Colour

#BB5E00

#BB5E00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BB5E00 is a orange with RGB values 187, 94, 0 and HSL 30°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BB5E00#BB5E00

HEX#BB5E00

RGBrgb(187, 94, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.3686, 0

RGB percentages73.3%, 36.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(30.2, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30.2, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 49.7%, 100%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,279,296

CSS custom property--colour: #BB5E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#44A1FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#908000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CE4850no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 7.4 Peru · ΔE 19.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.9 Coral · ΔE 24 Sienna · ΔE 24.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005DBB

Analogous#BB0100, #BABB00

Triadic#00BB5E, #5E00BB

Split complementary#00BBBB, #0000BB

Tetradic#00BB01, #005DBB, #BB00BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFC488

Lighter +30%#FFAA55

Lighter +20%#FF9122

Lighter +10%#EE7800

Darker −10%#884400

Darker −20%#552B00

Darker −30%#221100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BB5E00

Less saturated −25%#A45E17

Channel breakdown

R187

G94

Red187 (73.3%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue30.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 5E · B 00

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