#6D4A17#6D4A17

#6D4A17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.081 H 72.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D4A17
RGB	rgb(109, 74, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.42, 9.82, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.42, 36.18, 74.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0243 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.081 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9108, 8.2114, 1.9261)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D4A17 #173A6D

analogous

#6D1F17 #6D4A17 #656D17

triadic

#6D4A17 #176D4A #4A176D

tetradic

#6D4A17 #176D1F #173A6D #6D1765

square

#6D4A17 #176D1F #173A6D #6D1765

split-complementary

#6D4A17 #17656D #1F176D

monochromatic

#191105 #3A280C #6D4A17 #A06C22 #D28F2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#6D4A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#6D4A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D4A17

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D4A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D4A17	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#774140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d4a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 74, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.081 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b7c58',
    500: '#6d4a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d4a17;
$custom-light: #9b7c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d4a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.581,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43825,
    "c": 0.08065,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D4A17

secondary

#3D66A3

accent

#84E840

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0F0903

muted

#7E7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D4A17

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

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