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Recognised as Colour

#BE8A36

  • #BE8A36
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#BE8A36 is a orange with RGB values 190, 138, 54 and HSL 37°, 56%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#BE8A36#BE8A36
HEX#BE8A36
RGBrgb(190, 138, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5412, 0.2118
RGB percentages74.5%, 54.1%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(37.1, 55.7%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(37.1, 71.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 27.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,487,222
CSS custom property--colour: #BE8A36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#4175C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D8C2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AA9939no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#CE7C78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 10.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 12.1Sandy brown · ΔE 17.6Goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Chocolate · ΔE 26.5Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 10.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#366ABE
Analogous#BE4636, #AEBE36
Triadic#36BE8A, #8A36BE
Split complementary#36AEBE, #4636BE
Tetradic#36BE46, #366ABE, #BE36AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E4CF
Lighter +30%#E6CEA7
Lighter +20%#DBB87F
Lighter +10%#CFA258
Darker −10%#966D2B
Darker −20%#6F501F
Darker −30%#473314
Darker −40%#1F1709
More saturated +25%#DD9117
Less saturated −25%#A08355

Channel breakdown

R190
G138
B54
Red190 (74.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue37.06°
Saturation (HSL)55.74%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 8A · B 36

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