What color is #B06500?

#B06500 is a dark, vivid orange known as Ginger. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Ginger?

The RGB value is 176, 101, 0: 176 red, 101 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Ginger?

The complementary color is #004BB0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B06500?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.71:1 and white text 4.46:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Ginger color: hex code #B06500

#B06500 rgb(176, 101, 0)

Shades of orange

Ginger has the hex code #B06500. It is a dark, vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 69% red, 39.6% green and 0% blue (176, 101, 0).

Its hue angle is 34°, with 100% saturation and 35% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 100% yellow and 31% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.71:1).

Ginger (#B06500) color codes

HEX	`#B06500`
RGB	`rgb(176, 101, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(69%, 39.6%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(34, 100%, 35%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(34, 100%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 43%, 100%, 31%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.14, 24.47, 58.04)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.14, 62.99, 67.14)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.56, 18.54, 2.391)`
Decimal	`11560192`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Ginger, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #B06500	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.71:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.46:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#B06500 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.46:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.71:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #B06500 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b06500; }
.text { color: #b06500; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b06500; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(176 101 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b06500, #a3b000); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #B06500 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #B06500?: #B06500 is a dark, vivid orange known as Ginger. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Ginger?: The RGB value is 176, 101, 0: 176 red, 101 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Ginger?: The complementary color is #004BB0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B06500?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.71:1 and white text 4.46:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.