Recognised as Colour

#BD9979

#BD9979
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BD9979 is a orange with RGB values 189, 153, 121 and HSL 28°, 34%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BD9979#BD9979

HEX#BD9979

RGBrgb(189, 153, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6, 0.4745

RGB percentages74.1%, 60%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(28.2, 34%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.2, 36%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 19%, 36%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,425,593

CSS custom property--colour: #BD9979;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#426686

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A49B77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADA37Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C89190no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.3 Burlywood · ΔE 14 Rosy brown · ΔE 17.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.6 Peach puff · ΔE 23.6 Dark grey · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#799DBD

Analogous#BD797B, #BDBB79

Triadic#79BD99, #9979BD

Split complementary#79BDBB, #797BBD

Tetradic#7BBD79, #799DBD, #BB79BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFE7E0

Lighter +20%#DFCDBD

Lighter +10%#CEB39B

Darker −10%#AC7F57

Darker −20%#8B6645

Darker −30%#694D34

Darker −40%#473423

More saturated +25%#D69860

Less saturated −25%#A49A92

Channel breakdown

R189

G153

B121

Red189 (74.1%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue28.24°

Saturation (HSL)34%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 99 · B 79

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