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Recognised as Colour

#BB8A28

  • #BB8A28
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#BB8A28 is a orange with RGB values 187, 138, 40 and HSL 40°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#BB8A28#BB8A28
HEX#BB8A28
RGBrgb(187, 138, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.5412, 0.1569
RGB percentages73.3%, 54.1%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(40, 64.8%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 78.6%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 26.2%, 78.6%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,290,600
CSS custom property--colour: #BB8A28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#4475D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D8B16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9972Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CC7C77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 6.8Peru · ΔE 14.3Goldenrod · ΔE 16.3Sandy brown · ΔE 20.9Olive · ΔE 24.3Chocolate · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2859BB
Analogous#BB4028, #A3BB28
Triadic#28BB8A, #8A28BB
Split complementary#28A3BB, #4128BB
Tetradic#28BB40, #2859BB, #BB28A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E0BE
Lighter +30%#E8CC94
Lighter +20%#DFB86A
Lighter +10%#D6A440
Darker −10%#916B1F
Darker −20%#674C16
Darker −30%#3D2D0D
Darker −40%#130E04
More saturated +25%#D7930C
Less saturated −25%#9F8144

Channel breakdown

R187
G138
B40
Red187 (73.3%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)64.76%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 8A · B 28

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