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Recognised as Colour

#BD501D

  • #BD501D
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BD501D is a orange with RGB values 189, 80, 29 and HSL 19°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BD501D#BD501D
HEX#BD501D
RGBrgb(189, 80, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3137, 0.1137
RGB percentages74.1%, 31.4%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(19.1, 73.4%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.1, 84.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 57.7%, 84.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,406,813
CSS custom property--colour: #BD501D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#42AFE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F6214no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A7B18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D03646no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 12.1Sienna · ΔE 18.3Saddle brown · ΔE 19.8Coral · ΔE 19.9Firebrick · ΔE 20.4Tomato · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D8ABD
Analogous#BD1D3A, #BDA01D
Triadic#1DBD50, #501DBD
Split complementary#1DBDA0, #1D3ABD
Tetradic#3ABD1D, #1D8ABD, #A01DBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3C7B3
Lighter +30%#EDA786
Lighter +20%#E6875A
Lighter +10%#DF662E
Darker −10%#913D16
Darker −20%#652B0F
Darker −30%#381809
Darker −40%#0C0502
More saturated +25%#D84602
Less saturated −25%#A25A38

Channel breakdown

R189
G80
B29
Red189 (74.1%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue19.13°
Saturation (HSL)73.39%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 50 · B 1D

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