Recognised as Colour

#BE8A5B

#BE8A5B
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Peru

#BE8A5B is a orange with RGB values 190, 138, 91 and HSL 28°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Peru.

Colour values

#BE8A5B#BE8A5B

HEX#BE8A5B

RGBrgb(190, 138, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5412, 0.3569

RGB percentages74.5%, 54.1%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(28.5, 43.2%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.5, 52.1%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 27.4%, 52.1%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,487,259

CSS custom property--colour: #BE8A5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#4175A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9A8E57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7995Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#CD7F7Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Peru · ΔE 16.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 16.9 Burlywood · ΔE 17.3 Tan · ΔE 18.4 Sandy brown · ΔE 20.6 Light salmon · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourPeru (#CD853F)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B8FBE

Analogous#BE5B5E, #BEBC5B

Triadic#5BBE8A, #8A5BBE

Split complementary#5BBEBC, #5B5EBE

Tetradic#5EBE5B, #5B8FBE, #BC5BBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8F2ED

Lighter +30%#E9D8C9

Lighter +20%#DBBEA4

Lighter +10%#CCA480

Darker −10%#A57041

Darker −20%#805833

Darker −30%#5C3F24

Darker −40%#372616

More saturated +25%#DB893E

Less saturated −25%#A18B78

Channel breakdown

R190

G138

B91

Red190 (74.5%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue28.48°

Saturation (HSL)43.23%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 8A · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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