#6A3717#6A3717

#6A3717 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.085 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A3717
RGB	rgb(106, 55, 23)
HSL	hsl(23, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(23, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 19.93, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 35.37, 55.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0546 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.085 50)
XYZ	xyz(7.4654, 5.8593, 1.5483)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A3717 #174A6A

analogous

#6A1720 #6A3717 #6A6117

triadic

#6A3717 #176A37 #37176A

tetradic

#6A3717 #206A17 #174A6A #61176A

square

#6A3717 #206A17 #174A6A #61176A

split-complementary

#6A3717 #176A61 #17206A

monochromatic

#190D05 #381D0C #6A3717 #9C5122 #CF6B2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#6A3717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#6A3717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A3717

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A3717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A3717	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#752C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a3717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 55, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.085 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#996e56',
    500: '#6a3717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a3717;
$custom-light: #996e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a3717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.133,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39582,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.05858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A3717

secondary

#3D7AA0

accent

#A7E740

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2ECE9

border

#CCC7C5

text

#0F0703

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A3717

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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