What color is #847A67?

#847A67 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Home Brew. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #847A67?

The RGB value is 132, 122, 103: 132 red, 122 green and 103 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #847A67?

The complementary color is #677184, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #847A67?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 and white text 4.23:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#847A67 color

#847A67 rgb(132, 122, 103)

Shades of gray

The hex color #847A67 is a grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.8% red, 47.8% green and 40.4% blue (132, 122, 103).

Its hue angle is 39°, with 12% saturation and 46% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 22% yellow and 48% black.

The closest named color is Home Brew (#897B66), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.96:1).

#847A67 color codes

HEX	`#847A67`
RGB	`rgb(132, 122, 103)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.8%, 47.8%, 40.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(39, 12%, 46%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(39, 22%, 52%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 8%, 22%, 48%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.62, 0.52, 11.8)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.62, 11.81, 87.5)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.923, 19.804, 15.655)`
Decimal	`8682087`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #847A67, 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 #847A67	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.23:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#847A67 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.23:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.96:1	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 #847A67 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #847a67; }
.text { color: #847a67; }
.border { border: 2px solid #847a67; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(132 122 103 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #847a67, #808467); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Warm Gray.

Questions

What color is #847A67?: #847A67 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Home Brew. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #847A67?: The RGB value is 132, 122, 103: 132 red, 122 green and 103 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #847A67?: The complementary color is #677184, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #847A67?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 and white text 4.23:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.