#6D421B#6D421B

#6D421B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.080 H 59.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D421B
RGB	rgb(109, 66, 27)
HSL	hsl(29, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(29, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 75.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 14.91, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 34.09, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.04 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.08 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4534, 7.2276, 1.9866)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D421B #1B466D

analogous

#6D1B1D #6D421B #6D6B1B

triadic

#6D421B #1B6D42 #421B6D

tetradic

#6D421B #1D6D1B #1B466D #6B1B6D

square

#6D421B #1D6D1B #1B466D #6B1B6D

split-complementary

#6D421B #1B6D6B #1B1D6D

monochromatic

#190F06 #3C240F #6D421B #9E6027 #CD7E35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#6D421B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#6D421B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D421B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D421B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D421B	1.00	8.59	2.45	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77393A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d421b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 66, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.080 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b7659',
    500: '#6d421b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d421b;
$custom-light: #9b7659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d421b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.537,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42206,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D421B

secondary

#4274A2

accent

#98E344

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EDE9

border

#CCC8C5

text

#0F0804

muted

#7E7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D421B

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

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