#6A3E16#6A3E16
#6A3E16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.081 H 59.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6A3E16 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(106, 62, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 66%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 79%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 79.2%, 58.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.80, 15.66, 31.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.80, 35.22, 63.61°) |
| OKLab | oklab(40.93% 0.0416 0.0699) |
| OKLCH | oklch(40.93% 0.081 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.8119, 6.5681, 1.6153) |
| Luminance | 0.0657 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 3.48
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.27
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.09
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.93
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 8.18
Mud Brown
#60460F
ΔE00 8.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6A3E16 #16426A
analogous
#6A1618 #6A3E16 #6A6816
triadic
#6A3E16 #166A3E #3E166A
tetradic
#6A3E16 #186A16 #16426A #68166A
square
#6A3E16 #186A16 #16426A #68166A
split-complementary
#6A3E16 #166A68 #16186A
monochromatic
#190F05 #37200B #6A3E16 #9D5C21 #CF792B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.08
#6A3E16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.31
#6A3E16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6A3E16
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6A3E16 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6A3E16 | 1.00 | 9.08 | 2.31 | 9.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.08 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.08 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4211
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#564C16
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#743436
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6a3e16; /* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 62, 22); /* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.081 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#997356',
500: '#6a3e16',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6a3e16; $custom-light: #997356; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6a3e16",
"rgb": {
"r": 106,
"g": 62,
"b": 22
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.571,
"s": 65.625,
"l": 25.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.40926,
"c": 0.0813,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.06567
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6A3E16
secondary
#3B70A0
accent
#98E93F
background
#F9F7F5
surface
#F2EDE9
border
#CCC8C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78