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Recognised as Colour

#BF6A44

  • #BF6A44
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#BF6A44 is a orange with RGB values 191, 106, 68 and HSL 19°, 49%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#BF6A44#BF6A44
HEX#BF6A44
RGBrgb(191, 106, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.4157, 0.2667
RGB percentages74.9%, 41.6%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(18.5, 49%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.5, 64.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 44.5%, 64.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,544,580
CSS custom property--colour: #BF6A44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#4095BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#817540no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#958843no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D05A61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10.1Peru · ΔE 17.1Saddle brown · ΔE 17.6Dark salmon · ΔE 18.1Indian red · ΔE 19.9Light salmon · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4499BF
Analogous#BF445B, #BFA844
Triadic#44BF6A, #6A44BF
Split complementary#44BFA7, #445CBF
Tetradic#5BBF44, #4499BF, #A744BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E3DC
Lighter +30%#E6C5B6
Lighter +20%#D9A790
Lighter +10%#CC886A
Darker −10%#9B5535
Darker −20%#754028
Darker −30%#4F2B1B
Darker −40%#29160E
More saturated +25%#DE5E25
Less saturated −25%#A07663

Channel breakdown

R191
G106
B68
Red191 (74.9%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue18.54°
Saturation (HSL)49%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 6A · B 44

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