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Hospitable Topazio

#875f25
Notes

Hospitable Topazio (#875F25) is a deep amber with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (36°, 57%, 34%) places it in the balanced band at a dark lightness. It works well as a headline, icon, or deep background in an otherwise light layout, pairing cleanly with cream, bone, and warm neutrals. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary azure. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#875f25
RGB
rgb(135, 95, 37)
HSL
hsl(36, 57%, 34%)
HWB
hwb(36 15% 47%)
OKLCH
oklch(51.6% 0.090 73.2)
P3
color(display-p3 0.5059 0.3791 0.1872)
HSV
hsv(36, 73%, 53%)
LAB
lab(43.46% 10.36 38.39)
LCH
lch(43.46% 39.76 74.90)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 30%, 73%, 47%)

Etymology

Hospitable
adjective

Latin hospitābilis, of-the-host — adjectival suffix -able. As a color modifier, hospitable implies a clear-and-cordial-and-welcoming quality where the hue carries the visual register of Bed-and-Breakfast and country-inn warm-cordial-host atmosphere. Sits at the crisp-and-cheerful end of the grid, parallel to welcoming and inviting in usage.

Topazio
noun

The Italian word for topaz — used in Renaissance jewelry vocabulary and Italian fashion writing for the warm gold-yellow of imperial topaz. The color refers to a faceted Italian-cut topazio: a saturated, slightly cool deep gold-yellow with the gem's signature internal warmth. The Italian cousin of topaz.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#875f25
Original
#6d611e
Protanopia
#776b27
Deuteranopia
#935553
Tritanopia
#636363
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
5.69:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.69:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##875F25
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.5059 0.3791 0.1872)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.090

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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