#6A3E17#6A3E17
#6A3E17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.081 H 58.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6A3E17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(106, 62, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 64%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 78%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 78.3%, 58.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.81, 15.71, 31.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.81, 34.79, 63.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(40.94% 0.0419 0.069) |
| OKLCH | oklch(40.94% 0.081 58.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.8218, 6.5721, 1.6671) |
| Luminance | 0.0657 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 3.69
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.41
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.16
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.92
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 8.34
Mud Brown
#60460F
ΔE00 8.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6A3E17 #17436A
analogous
#6A1719 #6A3E17 #6A6717
triadic
#6A3E17 #176A3E #3E176A
tetradic
#6A3E17 #196A17 #17436A #67176A
square
#6A3E17 #196A17 #17436A #67176A
split-complementary
#6A3E17 #176A67 #17196A
monochromatic
#190F05 #38210C #6A3E17 #9C5B22 #CF792D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.07
#6A3E17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.31
#6A3E17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6A3E17
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6A3E17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6A3E17 | 1.00 | 9.07 | 2.31 | 9.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4212
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#564C17
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#743436
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6a3e17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 62, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.081 58.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#997356',
500: '#6a3e17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6a3e17; $custom-light: #997356; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6a3e17",
"rgb": {
"r": 106,
"g": 62,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.193,
"s": 64.341,
"l": 25.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.40936,
"c": 0.08076,
"h": 58.7
},
"luminance": 0.06571
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6A3E17
secondary
#3D71A0
accent
#99E740
background
#F9F7F5
surface
#F2EDE9
border
#CCC8C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78