#6B401B#6B401B
#6B401B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.079 H 58.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6B401B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(107, 64, 27) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 60%, 26%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 75%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 74.8%, 58%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(31.51, 15.18, 29.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(31.51, 33.37, 62.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(41.52% 0.041 0.067) |
| OKLCH | oklch(41.52% 0.079 58.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.0953, 6.8725, 1.9369) |
| Luminance | 0.0687 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 4.44
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 5.75
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 5.86
Saddlebrown
#8B4513
ΔE00 7.86
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 8.21
Mud Brown
#60460F
ΔE00 8.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6B401B #1B466B
analogous
#6B1B1E #6B401B #6B681B
triadic
#6B401B #1B6B40 #401B6B
tetradic
#6B401B #1E6B1B #1B466B #681B6B
square
#6B401B #1E6B1B #1B466B #681B6B
split-complementary
#6B401B #1B6B68 #1B1E6B
monochromatic
#180F06 #3A230F #6B401B #9C5D27 #CC7B35
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.84
#6B401B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.37
#6B401B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6B401B
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6B401B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6B401B | 1.00 | 8.84 | 2.37 | 8.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4D4417
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#574E1B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#753738
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6b401b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 64, 27); /* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.079 58.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#997559',
500: '#6b401b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6b401b; $custom-light: #997559; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6b401b",
"rgb": {
"r": 107,
"g": 64,
"b": 27
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.75,
"s": 59.701,
"l": 26.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.41523,
"c": 0.07855,
"h": 58.6
},
"luminance": 0.06872
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6B401B
secondary
#4274A0
accent
#9AE345
background
#F9F7F5
surface
#F2EDE9
border
#CCC8C5
text
#0E0803
muted
#7E7B78