#6A4417#6A4417

#6A4417 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.079 H 66.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A4417
RGB	rgb(106, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 12.04, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 34.81, 69.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.0311 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.079 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1663, 7.2610, 1.7819)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A4417 #173D6A

analogous

#6A1A17 #6A4417 #666A17

triadic

#6A4417 #176A44 #44176A

tetradic

#6A4417 #176A1A #173D6A #6A1766

square

#6A4417 #176A1A #173D6A #6A1766

split-complementary

#6A4417 #17666A #1A176A

monochromatic

#191005 #38240C #6A4417 #9C6422 #CF852D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#6A4417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#6A4417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A4417

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A4417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A4417	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#743B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a4417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.079 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#997857',
    500: '#6a4417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a4417;
$custom-light: #997857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a4417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.53,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42162,
    "c": 0.07883,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A4417

secondary

#3D6AA0

accent

#8DE740

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EDE9

border

#CCC8C5

text

#0E0803

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A4417

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

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