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Recognised as Colour

#BB794E

  • #BB794E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#BB794E is a orange with RGB values 187, 121, 78 and HSL 24°, 44%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#BB794E#BB794E
HEX#BB794E
RGBrgb(187, 121, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.4745, 0.3059
RGB percentages73.3%, 47.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(23.7, 44.5%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(23.7, 58.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 35.3%, 58.3%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,286,286
CSS custom property--colour: #BB794E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#4486B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C804Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B8E4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CB6C6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 14.8Sienna · ΔE 15.4Dark salmon · ΔE 15.9Light salmon · ΔE 20.5Saddle brown · ΔE 21.2Sandy brown · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E90BB
Analogous#BB4E5A, #BBB04E
Triadic#4EBB79, #794EBB
Split complementary#4EBBB0, #4E59BB
Tetradic#59BB4E, #4E90BB, #B04EBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E9E1
Lighter +30%#E5CDBD
Lighter +20%#D7B198
Lighter +10%#C99573
Darker −10%#9B613B
Darker −20%#764A2D
Darker −30%#51331F
Darker −40%#2C1C11
More saturated +25%#DA732F
Less saturated −25%#9C7F6D

Channel breakdown

R187
G121
B78
Red187 (73.3%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue23.67°
Saturation (HSL)44.49%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 79 · B 4E

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