#873E16#873E16

#873E16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.112 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873E16
RGB	rgb(135, 62, 22)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(21, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 83.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.31, 28.68, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.31, 47.19, 52.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.31% 0.0783 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(45.31% 0.112 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8603, 8.6556, 1.8050)
Luminance	0.0865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873E16 #165F87

analogous

#871626 #873E16 #877616

triadic

#873E16 #16873E #3E1687

tetradic

#873E16 #268716 #165F87 #761687

square

#873E16 #268716 #165F87 #761687

split-complementary

#873E16 #168776 #162687

monochromatic

#1E0E05 #52260D #873E16 #BC561F #DF7339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#873E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#873E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873E16

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873E16	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#645914

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 62, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.112 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17557',
    500: '#873e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873e16;
$custom-light: #b17557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.239,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45308,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873E16

secondary

#3E8FBB

accent

#AEEF39

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#120803

muted

#817B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #873E16

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

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