#6B501B#6B501B

#6B501B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.078 H 81.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B501B
RGB	rgb(107, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 74.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.87, 5.40, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.87, 34.72, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.0121 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.078 81)
XYZ	xyz(9.1305, 8.9429, 2.2820)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B501B #1B366B

analogous

#6B281B #6B501B #5E6B1B

triadic

#6B501B #1B6B50 #501B6B

tetradic

#6B501B #1B6B28 #1B366B #6B1B5E

square

#6B501B #1B6B28 #1B366B #6B1B5E

split-complementary

#6B501B #1B5E6B #281B6B

monochromatic

#181206 #3A2B0F #6B501B #9C7527 #CC9935

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#6B501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#6B501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B501B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B501B	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#754845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.078 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99805b',
    500: '#6b501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b501b;
$custom-light: #99805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44918,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.08942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B501B

secondary

#4262A0

accent

#7AE345

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0E0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B501B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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