#6B491B#6B491B
#6B491B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.077 H 71.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #6B491B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(107, 73, 27) |
| HSL | hsl(35, 60%, 26%) |
| HSV | hsv(35, 75%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 74.8%, 58%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.92, 9.67, 32.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(33.92, 33.69, 73.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.39% 0.0246 0.0725) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.39% 0.077 71.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.6444, 7.9707, 2.1199) |
| Luminance | 0.0797 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mud Brown
#60460F
ΔE00 4.20
Milk Chocolate
#7F4E1E
ΔE00 5.50
Medium Brown
#7F5112
ΔE00 5.52
Brown (survey)
#653700
ΔE00 6.46
Chocolate
#7B3F00
ΔE00 7.63
Shit Brown
#7B5804
ΔE00 8.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#6B491B #1B3D6B
analogous
#6B211B #6B491B #656B1B
triadic
#6B491B #1B6B49 #491B6B
tetradic
#6B491B #1B6B21 #1B3D6B #6B1B65
square
#6B491B #1B6B21 #1B3D6B #6B1B65
split-complementary
#6B491B #1B656B #211B6B
monochromatic
#181106 #3A280F #6B491B #9C6A27 #CC8C35
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.10
#6B491B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.59
#6B491B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #6B491B
8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##6B491B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##6B491B | 1.00 | 8.10 | 2.59 | 8.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#554B15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D531C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#75413F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #6b491b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 73, 27); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.077 71.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#997b5a',
500: '#6b491b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #6b491b; $custom-light: #997b5a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#6b491b",
"rgb": {
"r": 107,
"g": 73,
"b": 27
},
"hsl": {
"h": 34.5,
"s": 59.701,
"l": 26.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43392,
"c": 0.07654,
"h": 71.2
},
"luminance": 0.0797
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#6B491B
secondary
#426AA0
accent
#88E345
background
#F9F7F5
surface
#F2EDE9
border
#CCC8C5
text
#0E0904
muted
#7E7B79