#873C16#873C16

#873C16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.114 H 44.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873C16
RGB	rgb(135, 60, 22)
HSL	hsl(20, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(20, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 83.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 29.76, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 47.55, 51.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% 0.0816 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.114 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7536, 8.4421, 1.7695)
Luminance	0.0844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873C16 #166187

analogous

#871628 #873C16 #877416

triadic

#873C16 #16873C #3C1687

tetradic

#873C16 #288716 #166187 #741687

square

#873C16 #288716 #166187 #741687

split-complementary

#873C16 #168774 #162887

monochromatic

#1E0D05 #52250D #873C16 #BC531F #DF7139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#873C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#873C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873C16

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873C16	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 60, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.114 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17456',
    500: '#873c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873c16;
$custom-light: #b17456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.177,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44984,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873C16

secondary

#3E91BB

accent

#B2EF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #873C16

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

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