#6E5217#6E5217

#6E5217 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.083 H 82.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5217
RGB	rgb(110, 82, 23)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 5.44, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 37.55, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% 0.0115 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.083 82)
XYZ	xyz(9.6030, 9.4122, 2.1214)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5217 #17336E

analogous

#6E2617 #6E5217 #5E6E17

triadic

#6E5217 #176E52 #52176E

tetradic

#6E5217 #176E26 #17336E #6E175E

square

#6E5217 #176E26 #17336E #6E175E

split-complementary

#6E5217 #175E6E #26176E

monochromatic

#191305 #3B2C0C #6E5217 #A17822 #D39D2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#6E5217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#6E5217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5217

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5217	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E520E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64591A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#784A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 82, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.083 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8259',
    500: '#6e5217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5217;
$custom-light: #9b8259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.69,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45688,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.09411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5217

secondary

#3D5EA4

accent

#76E83F

background

#F9F7F5

surface

#F2EEE9

border

#CCC9C5

text

#0F0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5217

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

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