#6e4e1c

Color #6e4e1c

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 19.77 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-900 #733e0a · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#6e4e1c

RGB

rgb(110, 78, 28)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 59.4%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 74.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 74.5%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(35.69, 8.13, 33.73)

LCH

lch(35.69, 34.7, 76.45)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.0782, 75.18)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 11%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c3c6e

Analogous

#6e251c

#6e4e1c

#656e1c

Triadic

#6e4e1c

#1c6e4e

#4e1c6e

Split-complementary

#6e4e1c

#1c656e

#251c6e

Tetradic

#6e4e1c

#3c6e1c

#1c3c6e

#4e1c6e

Square

#6e4e1c

#1c6e25

#1c3c6e

#6e1c65

Shades

Color #6e4e1c mixed toward black.

#5c4117

#493413

#37270e

#251a09

#120d05

Tints

Color #6e4e1c mixed toward white.

#a07129

#cd9339

#d9ae6b

#e6c99c

#f2e4ce

Tones

Color #6e4e1c mixed toward gray.

#674d23

#604b2a

#5a4a31

#534837

#4c473e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62612e · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#636631 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#6d383a · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e4e1c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e4e1c]

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Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#6e4e1c (#6e4e1c) is rgb(110, 78, 28) in RGB.

No, #6e4e1c 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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