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Recognised as Colour

#BD793B

  • #BD793B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#BD793B is a orange with RGB values 189, 121, 59 and HSL 29°, 52%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#BD793B#BD793B
HEX#BD793B
RGBrgb(189, 121, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.4745, 0.2314
RGB percentages74.1%, 47.5%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(28.6, 52.4%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28.6, 68.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 36%, 68.8%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,417,339
CSS custom property--colour: #BD793B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#4286C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E7F34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E8F3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CE6A6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 6.3Sandy brown · ΔE 17.4Sienna · ΔE 17.7Saddle brown · ΔE 20.4Chocolate · ΔE 20.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B7FBD
Analogous#BD3B3E, #BDBA3B
Triadic#3BBD79, #793BBD
Split complementary#3BBDBA, #3B3EBD
Tetradic#3EBD3B, #3B7FBD, #BA3BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E1D3
Lighter +30%#E5C7AC
Lighter +20%#D9AD85
Lighter +10%#CD935E
Darker −10%#96602F
Darker −20%#6F4723
Darker −30%#482E17
Darker −40%#22150A
More saturated +25%#DC781C
Less saturated −25%#9E7A5A

Channel breakdown

R189
G121
B59
Red189 (74.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue28.62°
Saturation (HSL)52.42%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 79 · B 3B

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