#6E5C42#6E5C42

#6E5C42 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.045 H 76.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5C42
RGB	rgb(110, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 25%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(35, 40%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 40%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 3.25, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 18.00, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.0106 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.045 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2412, 11.3631, 6.7544)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5C42 #42546E

analogous

#6E4642 #6E5C42 #6A6E42

triadic

#6E5C42 #426E5C #5C426E

tetradic

#6E5C42 #426E46 #42546E #6E426A

square

#6E5C42 #426E46 #42546E #6E426A

split-complementary

#6E5C42 #426A6E #46426E

monochromatic

#221C14 #483C2B #6E5C42 #947C59 #B09A7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#6E5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#6E5C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5C42

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5C42	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.045 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988a76',
    500: '#6e5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5c42;
$custom-light: #988a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48559,
    "c": 0.04534,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5C42

secondary

#71829B

accent

#8CC166

background

#F9F8F7

surface

#F2F0ED

border

#CCCBC8

text

#0E0B08

muted

#7E7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5C42

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

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