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Recognised as Colour

#BE8A48

  • #BE8A48
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Peru

#BE8A48 is a orange with RGB values 190, 138, 72 and HSL 34°, 48%, 51%. 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

#BE8A48#BE8A48
HEX#BE8A48
RGBrgb(190, 138, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5412, 0.2824
RGB percentages74.5%, 54.1%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(33.6, 47.6%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.6, 62.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 27.4%, 62.1%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,487,240
CSS custom property--colour: #BE8A48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#4175B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C8D42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8994Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CE7D7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 10.2Sandy brown · ΔE 16.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Burlywood · ΔE 20.9Dark salmon · ΔE 23Tan · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#487CBE
Analogous#BE4F48, #B7BE48
Triadic#48BE8A, #8A48BE
Split complementary#48B7BE, #4F48BE
Tetradic#48BE4F, #487CBE, #BE48B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EADF
Lighter +30%#E6D2B9
Lighter +20%#D9BA93
Lighter +10%#CBA26E
Darker −10%#9C6F37
Darker −20%#76552A
Darker −30%#503A1D
Darker −40%#2B1F0F
More saturated +25%#DD8E29
Less saturated −25%#9F8667

Channel breakdown

R190
G138
B72
Red190 (74.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue33.56°
Saturation (HSL)47.58%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 8A · B 48

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