Recognised as Colour

#BFAE8C

#BFAE8C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BFAE8C is a orange with RGB values 191, 174, 140 and HSL 40°, 28%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BFAE8C#BFAE8C

HEX#BFAE8C

RGBrgb(191, 174, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6824, 0.549

RGB percentages74.9%, 68.2%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(40, 28.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(40, 26.7%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 26.7%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,562,060

CSS custom property--colour: #BFAE8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#405173

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7AD8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBB28Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C8A8A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 7.1 Burlywood · ΔE 13.2 Wheat · ΔE 18.2 Peach puff · ΔE 19.1 Dark grey · ΔE 19.9 Silver · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C9DBF

Analogous#BF958C, #B7BF8C

Triadic#8CBFAE, #AE8CBF

Split complementary#8CB7BF, #958CBF

Tetradic#8CBF95, #8C9DBF, #BF8CB6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F3EE

Lighter +20%#E3DCCE

Lighter +10%#D1C5AD

Darker −10%#AD976B

Darker −20%#937D52

Darker −30%#726140

Darker −40%#52462D

More saturated +25%#D5B576

Less saturated −25%#A9A7A2

Channel breakdown

R191

G174

B140

Red191 (74.9%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue40°

Saturation (HSL)28.49%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G AE · B 8C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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