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Colour

#BB6600

  • #BB6600
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BB6600 is a orange with RGB values 187, 102, 0 and HSL 33°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BB6600#BB6600
HEX#BB6600
HEX (short)#B60
RGBrgb(187, 102, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.4, 0
RGB percentages73.3%, 40%, 0%
HSLhsl(32.7, 100%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(32.7, 100%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 45.5%, 100%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,281,344
CSS custom property--colour: #BB6600;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#4499FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#807000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#948300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#CD5257no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.8Peru · ΔE 17.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Saddle brown · ΔE 23.9Dark orange · ΔE 24.9Sienna · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0055BB
Analogous#BB0900, #B2BB00
Triadic#00BB66, #6600BB
Split complementary#00B2BB, #0900BB
Tetradic#00BB09, #0055BB, #BB00B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFC988
Lighter +30%#FFB255
Lighter +20%#FF9B22
Lighter +10%#EE8200
Darker −10%#884A00
Darker −20%#552E00
Darker −30%#221300
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BB6600
Less saturated −25%#A46417

Channel breakdown

R187
G102
B0
Red187 (73.3%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue32.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 66 · B 00

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