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Recognised as Colour

#BB9A3E

  • #BB9A3E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#BB9A3E is a orange with RGB values 187, 154, 62 and HSL 44°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#BB9A3E#BB9A3E
HEX#BB9A3E
RGBrgb(187, 154, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6039, 0.2431
RGB percentages73.3%, 60.4%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(44.2, 50.2%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44.2, 66.8%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 17.6%, 66.8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,294,718
CSS custom property--colour: #BB9A3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#4465C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB9833no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CA8E87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5Peru · ΔE 19.9Olive · ΔE 20.6Sandy brown · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 15.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E5FBB
Analogous#BB5B3E, #9EBB3E
Triadic#3EBB9A, #9A3EBB
Split complementary#3E9EBB, #5B3EBB
Tetradic#3EBB5B, #3E5FBB, #BB3E9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E9D4
Lighter +30%#E4D6AE
Lighter +20%#D7C288
Lighter +10%#CBAF61
Darker −10%#957A31
Darker −20%#6E5B25
Darker −30%#483B18
Darker −40%#221C0B
More saturated +25%#DAA91F
Less saturated −25%#9C8B5D

Channel breakdown

R187
G154
B62
Red187 (73.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue44.16°
Saturation (HSL)50.2%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 9A · B 3E

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