#6E5517#6E5517

#6E5517 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.084 H 85.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5517
RGB	rgb(110, 85, 23)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 3.63, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 38.15, 84.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.0063 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.084 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8342, 9.8745, 2.1985)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5517 #17306E

analogous

#6E2917 #6E5517 #5B6E17

triadic

#6E5517 #176E55 #55176E

tetradic

#6E5517 #176E29 #17306E #6E175B

square

#6E5517 #176E29 #17306E #6E175B

split-complementary

#6E5517 #175B6E #29176E

monochromatic

#191405 #3B2E0C #6E5517 #A17C22 #D3A32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#6E5517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#6E5517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5517

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5517	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#784D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 85, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.084 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8459',
    500: '#6e5517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5517;
$custom-light: #9b8459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.759,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46356,
    "c": 0.08382,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5517

secondary

#3D5BA4

accent

#70E83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0F0A04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5517

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

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