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Recognised as Colour

#BF3E08

  • #BF3E08
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BF3E08 is a orange with RGB values 191, 62, 8 and HSL 18°, 92%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BF3E08#BF3E08
HEX#BF3E08
RGBrgb(191, 62, 8)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.2431, 0.0314
RGB percentages74.9%, 24.3%, 3.1%
HSLhsl(17.7, 92%, 39%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.7, 95.8%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 67.5%, 95.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,533,256
CSS custom property--colour: #BF3E08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#40C1F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#655800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#847500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D30E36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 17Firebrick · ΔE 18.5Tomato · ΔE 20.5Dark red · ΔE 21.3Coral · ΔE 23.7Brown · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0889BF
Analogous#BF082D, #BF9A08
Triadic#08BF3E, #3E08BF
Split complementary#08BF99, #082EBF
Tetradic#2EBF08, #0889BF, #9A08BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBB598
Lighter +30%#F99267
Lighter +20%#F76F36
Lighter +10%#F04E0A
Darker −10%#8E2E06
Darker −20%#5D1E04
Darker −30%#2C0E02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C73B00
Less saturated −25%#A64821

Channel breakdown

R191
G62
B8
Red191 (74.9%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue8 (3.1%)
Hue17.7°
Saturation (HSL)91.96%
Lightness39.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 3E · B 08

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