#6E401C#6E401C

#6E401C is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.081 H 56.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E401C
RGB	rgb(110, 64, 28)
HSL	hsl(26, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(26, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 74.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 16.65, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 34.12, 60.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.0453 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.081 56)
XYZ	xyz(8.4741, 7.0665, 2.0161)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E401C #1C4A6E

analogous

#6E1C21 #6E401C #6E691C

triadic

#6E401C #1C6E40 #401C6E

tetradic

#6E401C #216E1C #1C4A6E #691C6E

square

#6E401C #216E1C #1C4A6E #691C6E

split-complementary

#6E401C #1C6E69 #1C216E

monochromatic

#180E06 #3D2410 #6E401C #9F5C28 #CC7938

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#6E401C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#6E401C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E401C

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E401C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E401C	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#793638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e401c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 64, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.081 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c755a',
    500: '#6e401c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e401c;
$custom-light: #9c755a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e401c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.341,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4196,
    "c": 0.08103,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.07066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E401C

secondary

#4379A3

accent

#9DE345

background

#FAF7F5

surface

#F3EDE9

border

#CDC8C5

text

#0F0804

muted

#7F7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E401C

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

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