#6b5316

Color #6b5316

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 23.42 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-800 #894b00 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5316

RGB

rgb(107, 83, 22)

HSL

hsl(43.1, 65.9%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(43.1, 79.4%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 79.4%, 58%)

LAB

lab(36.69, 3.31, 37.4)

LCH

lch(36.69, 37.55, 84.94)

OKLCH

oklch(45.6%, 0.0825, 86.25)

HWB

hwb(43.1, 8.6%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#162e6b

Analogous

#6b2916

#6b5316

#586b16

Triadic

#6b5316

#166b53

#53166b

Split-complementary

#6b5316

#16586b

#29166b

Tetradic

#6b5316

#2e6b16

#162e6b

#53166b

Square

#6b5316

#166b29

#162e6b

#6b1658

Shades

Color #6b5316 mixed toward black.

#594512

#47370f

#362a0b

#241c07

#120e04

Tints

Color #6b5316 mixed toward white.

#a07c21

#d4a52c

#dfbb61

#e9d296

#f4e8ca

Tones

Color #6b5316 mixed toward gray.

#64501d

#5d4d24

#564a2b

#4f4732

#484439

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.87:1

White text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61612e · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#636532 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#6a3a3c · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5316;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5316]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#6b5316 (#6b5316) is rgb(107, 83, 22) in RGB.

No, #6b5316 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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