#6B3E17#6B3E17
#6B3E17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.082 H 58.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6B3E17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(107, 62, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 65%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 79%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 78.5%, 58%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.96, 16.18, 31.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(30.96, 35.18, 62.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(41.08% 0.0433 0.0694) |
| OKLCH | oklch(41.08% 0.082 58.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.9413, 6.6337, 1.6727) |
| Luminance | 0.0663 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 3.79
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.23
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 6.07
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.65
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 8.35
Chestnut
#742802
ΔE00 8.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6B3E17 #17446B
analogous
#6B171A #6B3E17 #6B6817
triadic
#6B3E17 #176B3E #3E176B
tetradic
#6B3E17 #1A6B17 #17446B #68176B
square
#6B3E17 #1A6B17 #17446B #68176B
split-complementary
#6B3E17 #176B68 #171A6B
monochromatic
#190F05 #39210C #6B3E17 #9D5B22 #D0782D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
9.03
#6B3E17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.33
#6B3E17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6B3E17
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6B3E17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6B3E17 | 1.00 | 9.03 | 2.33 | 9.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 9.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 9.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4312
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#564D17
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#753436
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6b3e17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 62, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.082 58.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#9a7356',
500: '#6b3e17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6b3e17; $custom-light: #9a7356; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6b3e17",
"rgb": {
"r": 107,
"g": 62,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.857,
"s": 64.615,
"l": 25.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.41079,
"c": 0.08176,
"h": 58.1
},
"luminance": 0.06633
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6B3E17
secondary
#3D72A1
accent
#9AE840
background
#F9F7F5
surface
#F2EDE9
border
#CCC8C5
text
#0F0803
muted
#7E7B78