Recognised as Colour

#BD9951

#BD9951
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BD9951 is a orange with RGB values 189, 153, 81 and HSL 40°, 45%, 53%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#BD9951#BD9951

HEX#BD9951

RGBrgb(189, 153, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6, 0.3176

RGB percentages74.1%, 60%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(40, 45%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 57.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 19%, 57.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,425,553

CSS custom property--colour: #BD9951;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#4266AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9994Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A253no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CB8E88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.2 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3 Peru · ΔE 17.8 Tan · ΔE 20.5 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5175BD

Analogous#BD6351, #ABBD51

Triadic#51BD99, #9951BD

Split complementary#51ABBD, #6351BD

Tetradic#51BD63, #5175BD, #BD51AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F0E5

Lighter +30%#E7DAC0

Lighter +20%#D9C49B

Lighter +10%#CBAF76

Darker −10%#9F7E3C

Darker −20%#7A612E

Darker −30%#554320

Darker −40%#302612

More saturated +25%#DBA333

Less saturated −25%#9F8F6F

Channel breakdown

R189

G153

B81

Red189 (74.1%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)45%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 99 · B 51

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Colour values

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