Exploring the Color #847359

#847359 sits at 36° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 19% saturation and 43% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 132, 115, 89 produces a 4.59:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #847359 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 33 units away from #696969. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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