#6D4E17#6D4E17

#6D4E17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.081 H 77.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D4E17
RGB	rgb(109, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.52, 7.38, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.52, 36.66, 78.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0172 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.081 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1863, 8.7626, 2.0180)
Luminance	0.0876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D4E17 #17366D

analogous

#6D2317 #6D4E17 #616D17

triadic

#6D4E17 #176D4E #4E176D

tetradic

#6D4E17 #176D23 #17366D #6D1761

square

#6D4E17 #176D23 #17366D #6D1761

split-complementary

#6D4E17 #17616D #23176D

monochromatic

#191205 #3A2A0C #6D4E17 #A07222 #D2962C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#6D4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#6D4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D4E17

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D4E17	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#774543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.081 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b7f58',
    500: '#6d4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d4e17;
$custom-light: #9b7f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.372,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44687,
    "c": 0.08106,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D4E17

secondary

#3D62A3

accent

#7CE840

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0F0A03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D4E17

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

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