#873B28#873B28

#873B28 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.109 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873B28
RGB	rgb(135, 59, 40)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 70.4%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.87, 31.15, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.87, 41.39, 41.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.03% 0.0891 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(45.03% 0.109 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9398, 8.4335, 3.0062)
Luminance	0.0843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873B28 #287487

analogous

#872845 #873B28 #876B28

triadic

#873B28 #28873B #3B2887

tetradic

#873B28 #458728 #287487 #6B2887

square

#873B28 #458728 #287487 #6B2887

split-complementary

#873B28 #28876B #284587

monochromatic

#29120C #58261A #873B28 #B65036 #CE725B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.82

#873B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#873B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873B28

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873B28	1.00	7.82	2.69	7.82
#FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 59, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.109 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07362',
    500: '#873b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873b28;
$custom-light: #b07362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45032,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873B28

secondary

#57A1B4

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDEA

border

#D0C8C6

text

#110805

muted

#807B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #873B28

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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