#6E501B#6E501B

#6E501B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.079 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E501B
RGB	rgb(110, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 6.86, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 35.45, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.0162 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.079 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4975, 9.1322, 2.2992)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E501B #1B396E

analogous

#6E261B #6E501B #636E1B

triadic

#6E501B #1B6E50 #501B6E

tetradic

#6E501B #1B6E26 #1B396E #6E1B63

square

#6E501B #1B6E26 #1B396E #6E1B63

split-complementary

#6E501B #1B636E #261B6E

monochromatic

#191206 #3D2C0F #6E501B #9F7427 #CE9736

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#6E501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#6E501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E501B

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E501B	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#784845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.079 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b805b',
    500: '#6e501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e501b;
$custom-light: #9b805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.313,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45285,
    "c": 0.07935,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E501B

secondary

#4265A3

accent

#7EE444

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0F0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E501B

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

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