What color is #847B65?

#847B65 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Home Brew. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #847B65?

The RGB value is 132, 123, 101: 132 red, 123 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #847B65?

The complementary color is #656E84, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #847B65?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5:1 and white text 4.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#847B65 color

#847B65 rgb(132, 123, 101)

Shades of brown

The hex color #847B65 is a grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.8% red, 48.2% green and 39.6% blue (132, 123, 101).

Its hue angle is 43°, with 13% saturation and 46% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 23% yellow and 48% black.

The closest named color is Home Brew (#897B66), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5:1).

#847B65 color codes

HEX	`#847B65`
RGB	`rgb(132, 123, 101)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.8%, 48.2%, 39.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(43, 13%, 46%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(43, 23%, 52%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 7%, 23%, 48%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.85, -0.37, 13.29)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.85, 13.3, 91.61)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.948, 20.011, 15.174)`
Decimal	`8682341`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #847B65, 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 #847B65	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.2:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#847B65 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.2:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5:1	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 #847B65 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #847b65; }
.text { color: #847b65; }
.border { border: 2px solid #847b65; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(132 123 101 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #847b65, #7e8465); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Warm Gray.

Questions

What color is #847B65?: #847B65 is a grayish orange, closest to the named color Home Brew. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #847B65?: The RGB value is 132, 123, 101: 132 red, 123 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #847B65?: The complementary color is #656E84, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #847B65?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5:1 and white text 4.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.