#6B3C17#6B3C17
#6B3C17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.083 H 55.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6B3C17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(107, 60, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 65%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 79%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 78.5%, 58%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.45, 17.39, 30.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.45, 35.30, 60.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(40.69% 0.0469 0.0683) |
| OKLCH | oklch(40.69% 0.083 55.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.8346, 6.4202, 1.6371) |
| Luminance | 0.0642 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 4.21
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.51
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.74
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.57
Chestnut
#742802
ΔE00 7.70
Reddish Brown
#7F2B0A
ΔE00 8.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6B3C17 #17466B
analogous
#6B171C #6B3C17 #6B6617
triadic
#6B3C17 #176B3C #3C176B
tetradic
#6B3C17 #1C6B17 #17466B #66176B
square
#6B3C17 #1C6B17 #17466B #66176B
split-complementary
#6B3C17 #176B66 #171C6B
monochromatic
#190E05 #39200C #6B3C17 #9D5822 #D0742D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.20
#6B3C17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.28
#6B3C17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6B3C17
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6B3C17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6B3C17 | 1.00 | 9.20 | 2.28 | 9.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4A4112
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#554C17
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#763234
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6b3c17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 60, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.083 55.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#9a7256',
500: '#6b3c17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6b3c17; $custom-light: #9a7256; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6b3c17",
"rgb": {
"r": 107,
"g": 60,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.429,
"s": 64.615,
"l": 25.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.40686,
"c": 0.0828,
"h": 55.5
},
"luminance": 0.06419
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6B3C17
secondary
#3D75A1
accent
#9EE840
background
#F9F6F5
surface
#F2ECE9
border
#CCC7C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78