Colour

#BE9440

#BE9440
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#BE9440 is a orange with RGB values 190, 148, 64 and HSL 40°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#BE9440#BE9440

HEX#BE9440

RGBrgb(190, 148, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5804, 0.251

RGB percentages74.5%, 58%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(40, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 22.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,489,792

CSS custom property--colour: #BE9440;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1

Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#416BBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69437no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B09F43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#CE8782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Peru · ΔE 14.8 Sandy brown · ΔE 19.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Burlywood · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#406ABE

Analogous#BE5540, #A9BE40

Triadic#40BE94, #9440BE

Split complementary#40A9BE, #5540BE

Tetradic#40BE55, #406ABE, #BE40A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E9D8

Lighter +30%#E5D4B2

Lighter +20%#D8BF8C

Lighter +10%#CBA966

Darker −10%#987633

Darker −20%#725926

Darker −30%#4C3B19

Darker −40%#251D0D

More saturated +25%#DE9F20

Less saturated −25%#9E8960

Channel breakdown

R190

G148

B64

Red190 (74.5%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 94 · B 40

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Colour values

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