What color is #82875B?

#82875B is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Iguana. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82875B?

The RGB value is 130, 135, 91: 130 red, 135 green and 91 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82875B?

The complementary color is #605B87, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82875B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.57:1 and white text 3.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82875B color

#82875B rgb(130, 135, 91)

Shades of yellow

The hex color #82875B is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 52.9% green and 35.7% blue (130, 135, 91).

Its hue angle is 67°, with 19% saturation and 44% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Iguana (#878757), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.57:1).

#82875B color codes

HEX	`#82875B`
RGB	`rgb(130, 135, 91)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 52.9%, 35.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(67, 19%, 44%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(67, 33%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(4%, 0%, 33%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(54.9, -9.39, 23.1)`
CIE LCH	`lch(54.9, 24.93, 112.13)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.758, 22.829, 13.261)`
Decimal	`8554331`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82875B, 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 #82875B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.57:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.77:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#82875B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.77:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.57:1	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 #82875B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82875b; }
.text { color: #82875b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82875b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 135 91 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82875b, #6c875b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Warm Gray.

Questions

What color is #82875B?: #82875B is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Iguana. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82875B?: The RGB value is 130, 135, 91: 130 red, 135 green and 91 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82875B?: The complementary color is #605B87, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82875B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.57:1 and white text 3.77:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.