#6A3C16#6A3C16
#6A3C16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.082 H 56.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6A3C16 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(106, 60, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 66%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 79%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 79.2%, 58.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.29, 16.87, 31.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.29, 35.32, 61.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(40.53% 0.0452 0.0687) |
| OKLCH | oklch(40.53% 0.082 56.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.7052, 6.3546, 1.5797) |
| Luminance | 0.0635 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 3.82
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.46
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.70
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.79
Chestnut
#742802
ΔE00 8.04
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 9.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6A3C16 #16446A
analogous
#6A161A #6A3C16 #6A6616
triadic
#6A3C16 #166A3C #3C166A
tetradic
#6A3C16 #1A6A16 #16446A #66166A
square
#6A3C16 #1A6A16 #16446A #66166A
split-complementary
#6A3C16 #166A66 #161A6A
monochromatic
#190E05 #371F0B #6A3C16 #9D5921 #CF752B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.25
#6A3C16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.27
#6A3C16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6A3C16
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6A3C16 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6A3C16 | 1.00 | 9.25 | 2.27 | 9.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A4111
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#554B16
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#743234
Achromatopsia (no color)
#474747
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6a3c16; /* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 60, 22); /* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.082 56.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#997256',
500: '#6a3c16',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6a3c16; $custom-light: #997256; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6a3c16",
"rgb": {
"r": 106,
"g": 60,
"b": 22
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.143,
"s": 65.625,
"l": 25.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.4053,
"c": 0.08228,
"h": 56.7
},
"luminance": 0.06354
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6A3C16
secondary
#3B73A0
accent
#9CE93F
background
#F9F6F5
surface
#F2ECE9
border
#CCC7C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78