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Recognised as Colour

#BDAEA9

  • #BDAEA9
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BDAEA9 is a orange with RGB values 189, 174, 169 and HSL 15°, 13%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BDAEA9#BDAEA9
HEX#BDAEA9
RGBrgb(189, 174, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6824, 0.6627
RGB percentages74.1%, 68.2%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(15, 13.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15, 10.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.9%, 10.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,431,017
CSS custom property--colour: #BDAEA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#425156

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1AFA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B2A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C1ACADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7Silver · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 13.9Rosy brown · ΔE 15.3Gainsboro · ΔE 16.8Thistle · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B8BD
Analogous#BDA9AE, #BDB8A9
Triadic#A9BDAE, #AEA9BD
Split complementary#A9BDB8, #A9AEBD
Tetradic#AEBDA9, #A9B8BD, #B8A9BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E4E3
Lighter +10%#D3C9C6
Darker −10%#A7938C
Darker −20%#91786F
Darker −30%#746059
Darker −40%#574843
More saturated +25%#D0A496
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R189
G174
B169
Red189 (74.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue15°
Saturation (HSL)13.16%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G AE · B A9

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