Exploring the Color #7B4E2A

#7B4E2A sits at 27° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 49% saturation and 32% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 123, 78, 42 produces a 7.08:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #7B4E2A is a clear variant of CSS sienna — about 37 units away from #A0522D. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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