What color is #877D67?

#877D67 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 #877D67?

The RGB value is 135, 125, 103: 135 red, 125 green and 103 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #877D67?

The complementary color is #677187, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #877D67?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 and white text 4.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#877D67 color

#877D67 rgb(135, 125, 103)

Shades of brown

The hex color #877D67 is a grayish orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 49% green and 40.4% blue (135, 125, 103).

Its hue angle is 41°, with 13% saturation and 47% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 24% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Home Brew (#897B66), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.16:1).

#877D67 color codes

HEX	`#877D67`
RGB	`rgb(135, 125, 103)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 49%, 40.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(41, 13%, 47%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(41, 24%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 7%, 24%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.73, 0.03, 13.39)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.73, 13.39, 89.88)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.773, 20.798, 15.802)`
Decimal	`8879463`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #877D67, 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 #877D67	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.16:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#877D67 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.16:1	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 #877D67 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #877d67; }
.text { color: #877d67; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877d67; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 125 103 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #877d67, #818767); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Warm Gray.

Questions

What color is #877D67?: #877D67 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 #877D67?: The RGB value is 135, 125, 103: 135 red, 125 green and 103 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #877D67?: The complementary color is #677187, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #877D67?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 and white text 4.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.