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Recognised as Colour

#BF591E

  • #BF591E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BF591E is a orange with RGB values 191, 89, 30 and HSL 22°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BF591E#BF591E
HEX#BF591E
RGBrgb(191, 89, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.349, 0.1176
RGB percentages74.9%, 34.9%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(22, 72.9%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 84.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 53.4%, 84.3%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,540,190
CSS custom property--colour: #BF591E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#40A6E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#766814no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F7F1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D2424Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 8.8Sienna · ΔE 18Saddle brown · ΔE 19.2Coral · ΔE 19.3Peru · ΔE 20.3Tomato · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E84BF
Analogous#BF1E34, #BFA91E
Triadic#1EBF59, #591EBF
Split complementary#1EBFA9, #1E34BF
Tetradic#34BF1E, #1E84BF, #A91EBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3CCB6
Lighter +30%#EDAE89
Lighter +20%#E68F5D
Lighter +10%#DF7131
Darker −10%#934417
Darker −20%#673010
Darker −30%#3B1B09
Darker −40%#0F0702
More saturated +25%#DB5202
Less saturated −25%#A3603A

Channel breakdown

R191
G89
B30
Red191 (74.9%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue21.99°
Saturation (HSL)72.85%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 59 · B 1E

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