Closest named color · ΔE 1.13
#957504
Closest named color · ΔE 1.13
#957504
Does it pop as a button? Stay readable as a background? Survive at badge size?
If an entire site used it as the primary color, it would feel like this —
Body copy goes here. The primary drives buttons and links, tints fill backgrounds, text uses the highest-contrast color.
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How this color performs against black and white text.
White text on this background
Aa Ratio 4.35:1
Black text on this background
Aa Ratio 4.82:1
:root {
--color: #957504;
--color-rgb: 149, 117, 4;
--color-hsl: 46.8, 94.8%, 30%;
}
.bg-color { background-color: #957504; }
.text-on-color { color: #000000; }
.border-color { border-color: #957504; }
.gradient {
background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #957504 0%, 996600 100%);
}Nearest official code in each standard system, ranked by CIEDE2000.
Official color from public brand materials (simple-icons CC0 dataset)
What the ancients would have called this color.
The same color, as named in Japanese tradition.
Based on the Machado (2009) model - see how this color appears to 8 types of color vision.
Normal vision
#957504
Standard trichromatic vision with all three cone types functioning.
Protanomaly
#937000
Abnormal L cone sensitivity (~1% of men). Weakened red perception.
Protanopia
#916D00
Missing L cones (~1% of men). Reds are hard to perceive.
Deuteranomaly
#987706
Abnormal M cone sensitivity (~6% of men). The most common deficiency.
Deuteranopia
#9B7907
Missing M cones (~1% of men). Reds and greens are confused.
Tritanomaly
#A66933
Abnormal S cone sensitivity (extremely rare). Weakened blue-yellow perception.
Tritanopia
#B16253
Missing S cones (extremely rare). Blues and yellows are confused.
Achromatomaly
#827340
Severely weakened color vision (~0.001%). Colors appear washed out.
Achromatopsia
#747474
No color vision at all (~0.003%). The world is shades of grey.
Closest names by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance.
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Common derivatives of this color: lighter / darker / more saturated / less saturated, plus inverted, grayscale, web-safe and the nearest HTML named color. Click any to open its page.
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Text readability sample
color: #957504;Text readability sample
background-color: #957504;Text readability sample
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #957504;linear-gradient(90deg, #957504, #042495)Drag hue, saturation and lightness to preview live - find the version that feels right.
This is the color with hex code #957504. Its RGB channels are 149, 117, 4; the closest human-readable name is "Bhūrā Brown" (ΔE 1.13, CIEDE2000).
#957504 is rgb(149, 117, 4) in RGB, hsl(46.8, 94.8%, 30%) in HSL and cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 97.3%, 41.6%) in CMYK.
Its complement #042495 works best, along with triadic and analogous harmonies - see the harmony section below to copy full palettes.
Contrast with black text is 4.82:1 and with white text 4.35:1. WCAG 2.1 requires at least 4.5:1 for body text (AA) and 3:1 for large text.