#6A3D17#6A3D17
#6A3D17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.081 H 57.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6A3D17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(106, 61, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 64%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 78%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 78.3%, 58.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.55, 16.32, 30.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.55, 34.84, 62.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(40.74% 0.0437 0.0685) |
| OKLCH | oklch(40.74% 0.081 57.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.7679, 6.4643, 1.6491) |
| Luminance | 0.0646 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 3.85
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.49
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.47
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.85
Chestnut
#742802
ΔE00 8.42
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 8.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6A3D17 #17446A
analogous
#6A171A #6A3D17 #6A6617
triadic
#6A3D17 #176A3D #3D176A
tetradic
#6A3D17 #1A6A17 #17446A #66176A
square
#6A3D17 #1A6A17 #17446A #66176A
split-complementary
#6A3D17 #176A66 #171A6A
monochromatic
#190E05 #38200C #6A3D17 #9C5A22 #CF772D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.16
#6A3D17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.29
#6A3D17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6A3D17
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6A3D17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6A3D17 | 1.00 | 9.16 | 2.29 | 9.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A4212
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#554C17
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#743335
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6a3d17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 61, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.081 57.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#997256',
500: '#6a3d17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6a3d17; $custom-light: #997256; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6a3d17",
"rgb": {
"r": 106,
"g": 61,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.47,
"s": 64.341,
"l": 25.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.40737,
"c": 0.08123,
"h": 57.4
},
"luminance": 0.06464
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6A3D17
secondary
#3D73A0
accent
#9BE740
background
#F9F6F5
surface
#F2ECE9
border
#CCC7C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78