Colour

#BF7251

#BF7251
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#BF7251 is a orange with RGB values 191, 114, 81 and HSL 18°, 46%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#BF7251#BF7251

HEX#BF7251

RGBrgb(191, 114, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.4471, 0.3176

RGB percentages74.9%, 44.7%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(18, 46.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18, 57.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 40.3%, 57.6%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,546,641

CSS custom property--colour: #BF7251;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#408DAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#867C4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#998C50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Tritanopia#CF646Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 13 Dark salmon · ΔE 14.5 Peru · ΔE 18.7 Light salmon · ΔE 19.7 Indian red · ΔE 20 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 13.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#519EBF

Analogous#BF5167, #BFA951

Triadic#51BF72, #7251BF

Split complementary#51BFA9, #5167BF

Tetradic#67BF51, #519EBF, #A951BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6EBE6

Lighter +30%#E8CDC1

Lighter +20%#DAAE9C

Lighter +10%#CD9076

Darker −10%#A25A3B

Darker −20%#7C452E

Darker −30%#573120

Darker −40%#321C12

More saturated +25%#DD6633

Less saturated −25%#A17E6F

Channel breakdown

R191

G114

B81

Red191 (74.9%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue18°

Saturation (HSL)46.22%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 72 · B 51

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