Colour

#BB6622

#BB6622
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BB6622 is a orange with RGB values 187, 102, 34 and HSL 27°, 69%, 43%. 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

#BB6622#BB6622

HEX#BB6622

HEX (short)#B62

RGBrgb(187, 102, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.4, 0.1333

RGB percentages73.3%, 40%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(26.7, 69.2%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(26.7, 81.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 45.5%, 81.8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,281,378

CSS custom property--colour: #BB6622;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#4499DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7F7017no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#938421no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CD5359no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 10.7 Peru · ΔE 12.8 Sienna · ΔE 17 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.6 Coral · ΔE 22.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2277BB

Analogous#BB222A, #BBB322

Triadic#22BB66, #6622BB

Split complementary#22BBB3, #222ABB

Tetradic#2ABB22, #2277BB, #B322BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2D1B7

Lighter +30%#EAB68C

Lighter +20%#E29A61

Lighter +10%#DA7F36

Darker −10%#904E1A

Darker −20%#653712

Darker −30%#3A1F0A

Darker −40%#0E0803

More saturated +25%#D76306

Less saturated −25%#9F693E

Channel breakdown

R187

G102

B34

Red187 (73.3%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue26.67°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 66 · B 22

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