| Chestnut | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #954535 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (149, 69, 53) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (10°, 64%, 58%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (39, 63, 19°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong reddish brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Chestnut or castaneous[1] is a colour, a medium reddish shade of brown (displayed right), and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree. An alternate name for the colour is badious.[2]
Indian red is a similar but separate and distinct colour from chestnut. [citation needed]
Chestnut is also a very dark tan that almost appears brown.