#6A501B#6A501B

#6A501B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.077 H 82.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A501B
RGB	rgb(106, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.75, 4.91, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.75, 34.49, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% 0.0108 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.077 82)
XYZ	xyz(9.0109, 8.8813, 2.2764)
Luminance	0.0888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A501B #1B356A

analogous

#6A281B #6A501B #5C6A1B

triadic

#6A501B #1B6A50 #501B6A

tetradic

#6A501B #1B6A28 #1B356A #6A1B5C

square

#6A501B #1B6A28 #1B356A #6A1B5C

split-complementary

#6A501B #1B5C6A #281B6A

monochromatic

#181206 #392B0F #6A501B #9B7527 #CB9A34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#6A501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#6A501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A501B

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A501B	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#734845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.077 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98805b',
    500: '#6a501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a501b;
$custom-light: #98805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44798,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.08881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A501B

secondary

#42609F

accent

#79E345

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0E0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A501B

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

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