#6A4E23#6A4E23

#6A4E23 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.070 H 75.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A4E23
RGB	rgb(106, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 67%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 6.66, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 30.22, 77.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.0171 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.07 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9721, 8.6349, 2.7839)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A4E23 #233F6A

analogous

#6A2A23 #6A4E23 #636A23

triadic

#6A4E23 #236A4E #4E236A

tetradic

#6A4E23 #236A2A #233F6A #6A2363

square

#6A4E23 #236A2A #233F6A #6A2363

split-complementary

#6A4E23 #23636A #2A236A

monochromatic

#171108 #3C2C14 #6A4E23 #987032 #C29146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#6A4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#6A4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A4E23

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A4E23	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#734644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.070 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#977f5f',
    500: '#6a4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a4e23;
$custom-light: #977f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44446,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A4E23

secondary

#4B6C9D

accent

#85DA4E

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0E0A05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A4E23

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