#6B3D17#6B3D17
#6B3D17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.082 H 56.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6B3D17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(107, 61, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 65%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 79%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43%, 78.5%, 58%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.70, 16.79, 30.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.70, 35.24, 61.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(40.88% 0.0451 0.0688) |
| OKLCH | oklch(40.88% 0.082 56.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.8875, 6.5260, 1.6547) |
| Luminance | 0.0653 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 3.96
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.34
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.39
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.59
Chestnut
#742802
ΔE00 8.18
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 8.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6B3D17 #17456B
analogous
#6B171B #6B3D17 #6B6717
triadic
#6B3D17 #176B3D #3D176B
tetradic
#6B3D17 #1B6B17 #17456B #67176B
square
#6B3D17 #1B6B17 #17456B #67176B
split-complementary
#6B3D17 #176B67 #171B6B
monochromatic
#190E05 #39200C #6B3D17 #9D5A22 #D0762D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.11
#6B3D17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.31
#6B3D17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6B3D17
9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6B3D17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6B3D17 | 1.00 | 9.11 | 2.31 | 9.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4212
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#564C17
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#753335
Achromatopsia (no color)
#484848
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6b3d17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 61, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.082 56.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#9a7356',
500: '#6b3d17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6b3d17; $custom-light: #9a7356; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6b3d17",
"rgb": {
"r": 107,
"g": 61,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.143,
"s": 64.615,
"l": 25.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.40882,
"c": 0.08226,
"h": 56.8
},
"luminance": 0.06525
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6B3D17
secondary
#3D74A1
accent
#9CE840
background
#F9F6F5
surface
#F2ECE9
border
#CCC7C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78