Colour

#BE7F40

#BE7F40
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#BE7F40 is a orange with RGB values 190, 127, 64 and HSL 30°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#BE7F40#BE7F40

HEX#BE7F40

RGBrgb(190, 127, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.498, 0.251

RGB percentages74.5%, 49.8%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(30, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(30, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 33.2%, 66.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,484,416

CSS custom property--colour: #BE7F40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#4180BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93843Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A29241no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CF7171no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 6.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.5 Sienna · ΔE 19.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.7 Light salmon · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#407FBE

Analogous#BE4040, #BEBE40

Triadic#40BE7F, #7F40BE

Split complementary#40BEBE, #4040BE

Tetradic#40BE40, #407FBE, #BE40BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E5D8

Lighter +30%#E5CCB2

Lighter +20%#D8B28C

Lighter +10%#CB9966

Darker −10%#986633

Darker −20%#724C26

Darker −30%#4C3319

Darker −40%#25190D

More saturated +25%#DE7F20

Less saturated −25%#9E7F60

Channel breakdown

R190

G127

B64

Red190 (74.5%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue30°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 7F · B 40

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Colour values

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