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Recognised as Colour

#BF805E

  • #BF805E
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#BF805E is a orange with RGB values 191, 128, 94 and HSL 21°, 43%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#BF805E#BF805E
HEX#BF805E
RGBrgb(191, 128, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.502, 0.3686
RGB percentages74.9%, 50.2%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(21, 43.1%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 50.8%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 33%, 50.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,550,238
CSS custom property--colour: #BF805E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#407FA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91875Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0945Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CE7577no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 13.1Sienna · ΔE 19.2Peru · ΔE 19.8Light salmon · ΔE 19.9Burlywood · ΔE 22.4Rosy brown · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 13.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E9DBF
Analogous#BF5E6C, #BFB15E
Triadic#5EBF80, #805EBF
Split complementary#5EBFB1, #5E6DBF
Tetradic#6DBF5E, #5E9DBF, #B15EBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F3F0
Lighter +30%#EBD6CB
Lighter +20%#DCBAA7
Lighter +10%#CE9D82
Darker −10%#A76643
Darker −20%#835034
Darker −30%#5E3926
Darker −40%#3A2317
More saturated +25%#DB7842
Less saturated −25%#A3887A

Channel breakdown

R191
G128
B94
Red191 (74.9%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue21.03°
Saturation (HSL)43.11%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 80 · B 5E

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