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Recognised as Colour

#BE8E28

  • #BE8E28
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#BE8E28 is a orange with RGB values 190, 142, 40 and HSL 41°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#BE8E28#BE8E28
HEX#BE8E28
RGBrgb(190, 142, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5569, 0.1569
RGB percentages74.5%, 55.7%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(40.8, 65.2%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40.8, 78.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 25.3%, 78.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,488,232
CSS custom property--colour: #BE8E28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#4171D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A18F15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AD9B2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CF807Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 6.1Goldenrod · ΔE 14.3Peru · ΔE 15.7Sandy brown · ΔE 21.4Olive · ΔE 24.1Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2858BE
Analogous#BE4328, #A3BE28
Triadic#28BE8E, #8E28BE
Split complementary#28A3BE, #4328BE
Tetradic#28BE43, #2858BE, #BE28A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E2C0
Lighter +30%#E9CE96
Lighter +20%#E0BB6C
Lighter +10%#D7A742
Darker −10%#946F1F
Darker −20%#6A4F16
Darker −30%#40300D
Darker −40%#151005
More saturated +25%#DB980B
Less saturated −25%#A18445

Channel breakdown

R190
G142
B40
Red190 (74.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue40.8°
Saturation (HSL)65.22%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 8E · B 28

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