Colour

#BE8340

#BE8340
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#BE8340 is a orange with RGB values 190, 131, 64 and HSL 32°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#BE8340#BE8340

HEX#BE8340

RGBrgb(190, 131, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5137, 0.251

RGB percentages74.5%, 51.4%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(31.9, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(31.9, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 31.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,485,440

CSS custom property--colour: #BE8340;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#417CBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#968739no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49541no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CE7574no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 6.7 Sandy brown · ΔE 16.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Sienna · ΔE 22.3 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.1 Light salmon · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#407BBE

Analogous#BE4440, #BABE40

Triadic#40BE83, #8340BE

Split complementary#40BABE, #4440BE

Tetradic#40BE44, #407BBE, #BE40BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E6D8

Lighter +30%#E5CDB2

Lighter +20%#D8B48C

Lighter +10%#CB9C66

Darker −10%#986933

Darker −20%#724E26

Darker −30%#4C3419

Darker −40%#251A0D

More saturated +25%#DE8520

Less saturated −25%#9E8160

Channel breakdown

R190

G131

B64

Red190 (74.5%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue31.9°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 83 · B 40

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Colour values

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