Colour

#BD4B00

#BD4B00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BD4B00 is a orange with RGB values 189, 75, 0 and HSL 24°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BD4B00#BD4B00

HEX#BD4B00

RGBrgb(189, 75, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.2941, 0

RGB percentages74.1%, 29.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(23.8, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(23.8, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 60.3%, 100%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,405,504

CSS custom property--colour: #BD4B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#42B4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D5F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#887900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D02C40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

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

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

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

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.1 Coral · ΔE 22.7 Tomato · ΔE 23.8 Firebrick · ΔE 24.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.1 Dark red · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0072BD

Analogous#BD0014, #BDA900

Triadic#00BD4B, #4B00BD

Split complementary#00BDAA, #0013BD

Tetradic#14BD00, #0072BD, #AA00BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFB88A

Lighter +30%#FF9A57

Lighter +20%#FF7B24

Lighter +10%#F05F00

Darker −10%#8A3700

Darker −20%#572300

Darker −30%#240E00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD4B00

Less saturated −25%#A55018

Channel breakdown

R189

G75

Red189 (74.1%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue23.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 4B · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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