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Recognised as Colour

#BB6D43

  • #BB6D43
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#BB6D43 is a orange with RGB values 187, 109, 67 and HSL 21°, 47%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#BB6D43#BB6D43
HEX#BB6D43
RGBrgb(187, 109, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.4275, 0.2627
RGB percentages73.3%, 42.7%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(21, 47.2%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 64.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 41.7%, 64.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,283,203
CSS custom property--colour: #BB6D43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#4492BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83763Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#958842no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CC5E63no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10.4Peru · ΔE 15.1Saddle brown · ΔE 17.1Dark salmon · ΔE 18.2Light salmon · ΔE 21.3Chocolate · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4391BB
Analogous#BB4355, #BBA943
Triadic#43BB6D, #6D43BB
Split complementary#43BBA9, #4355BB
Tetradic#55BB43, #4391BB, #A943BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E1D9
Lighter +30%#E4C4B3
Lighter +20%#D6A78E
Lighter +10%#C98A68
Darker −10%#955736
Darker −20%#704128
Darker −30%#4A2B1B
Darker −40%#25150D
More saturated +25%#DB6323
Less saturated −25%#9B7763

Channel breakdown

R187
G109
B67
Red187 (73.3%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue21°
Saturation (HSL)47.24%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 6D · B 43

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