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Recognised as Colour

#BF4F00

  • #BF4F00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BF4F00 is a orange with RGB values 191, 79, 0 and HSL 25°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BF4F00#BF4F00
HEX#BF4F00
RGBrgb(191, 79, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.3098, 0
RGB percentages74.9%, 31%, 0%
HSLhsl(24.8, 100%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24.8, 100%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 58.6%, 100%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,537,600
CSS custom property--colour: #BF4F00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#40B0FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#706200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B7B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D33243no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 9.6Coral · ΔE 22.3Tomato · ΔE 24.2Saddle brown · ΔE 25.2Sienna · ΔE 25.9Firebrick · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0070BF
Analogous#BF0011, #BFAE00
Triadic#00BF4F, #4F00BF
Split complementary#00BFAF, #0010BF
Tetradic#11BF00, #0070BF, #AE00BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFBC8C
Lighter +30%#FF9E59
Lighter +20%#FF8026
Lighter +10%#F26400
Darker −10%#8C3A00
Darker −20%#592500
Darker −30%#261000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BF4F00
Less saturated −25%#A75318

Channel breakdown

R191
G79
B0
Red191 (74.9%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue24.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 4F · B 00

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