Recognised as Colour

#BD6D09

#BD6D09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Chocolate

#BD6D09 is a orange with RGB values 189, 109, 9 and HSL 33°, 91%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BD6D09#BD6D09

HEX#BD6D09

RGBrgb(189, 109, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.4275, 0.0353

RGB percentages74.1%, 42.7%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(33.3, 90.9%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(33.3, 95.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 42.3%, 95.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,414,217

CSS custom property--colour: #BD6D09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#4292F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#867500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#99880Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CF5A5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 11.7 Peru · ΔE 14.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 24 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.7 Dark orange · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0959BD

Analogous#BD1309, #B3BD09

Triadic#09BD6D, #6D09BD

Split complementary#09B3BD, #1309BD

Tetradic#09BD13, #0959BD, #BD09B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FACE98

Lighter +30%#F8B867

Lighter +20%#F5A137

Lighter +10%#EE890B

Darker −10%#8C5107

Darker −20%#5C3504

Darker −30%#2B1902

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C66E00

Less saturated −25%#A46A22

Channel breakdown

R189

G109

Red189 (74.1%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue33.33°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 6D · B 09

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Colour harmonies

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